Trypanosoma evansi isolated from capybara (Hidrochaeris hidrochaeris) [PDF]
A study was conducted to determine the morphological and biometric characteristics of Trypanosoma isolated from 50 capybaras animals, raised in captivity in the Peruvian Amazon.
Karina Muñoz, Amanda Chávez
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Mice Infected with Low-virulence Strains of Toxoplasma gondii Lose their Innate Aversion to Cat Urine, Even after Extensive Parasite Clearance [PDF]
Toxoplasma gondii chronic infection in rodent secondary hosts has been reported to lead to a loss of innate, hard-wired fear toward cats, its primary host. However the generality of this response across T.
Eisen, Michael B +3 more
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Gross Anatomy and Approach to the Humerus and Femur in the White-Eared Opossum (Didelphis albiventris). [PDF]
ABSTRACT The white‐eared opossum (Didelphis albiventris) is a Neotropical marsupial that readily adapts to urban environments. Due to its presence in anthropogenic habitats, this species is frequently exposed to vehicle collisions and dog attacks. Such trauma often results in long bone fractures, with humeral and femoral fractures being common in ...
de Barros Piffer A +5 more
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Postmortem Abdominal Ultrasound in Healthy Wild Mammals for Application in Forensic Veterinary Medicine. [PDF]
Diagnostic imaging methods have been used in human medicine to identify and examine cadavers to determine the cause of death. In veterinary medicine, the use of these resources is still scarce and little known, and it is necessary to establish the contribution that methods such as ultrasound could provide to the investigation of the cause of death in ...
Ferrari M +4 more
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Reproductive Technologies Used in Male Neo-Tropical Hystricomorphic Rodents
This review, which is the first of two, focuses on the male reproductive anatomy and reproductive technologies used in Neo-tropical hystricomorphic rodents with the potential for domestication, which are the agouti (Dasyprocta leporina), the capybara ...
Kavita Ranjeeta Lall +2 more
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Fecal Material of Captive Wild Animals as Source of CAZymes With Application Potential. [PDF]
With the goal to identify a novel resource of enzymes, we tested for the potential of fecal metagenomes of captive wild animals to provide CAZymes. Our data show that CAZymes profiles differed between animals with varying gut physiology and diet, and that metagenomes of captive wild animals can be considered source of diverse CAZymes including rare and
Bechtner J, Hosek J, Schwab C.
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Identificação sorológica de Rickettsia spp do grupo da febre maculosa em capivaras na região de Campinas, SP, Brasil [PDF]
Diseases transmitted by ticks have been an important health problem all over the world. Brazilian Spotted Fever (BSF) stands for a serious epidemiological concern due to the high mortality rates pointed out.
CALIC, Simone Berger +8 more
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Trichuris spp. in Animals, with Specific Reference to Neo-Tropical Rodents
Trichuriasis is the clinical disease of animals infected with the parasite of the genus Trichuris. This review attempts to present information on Trichuris spp. infestation in neo-tropical rodents that are utilized for meat consumption by humans.
Kegan Romelle Jones
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Trampling on rocky shores by an introduced capybara population in Anchieta Island State Park, Brazil
This study describes an unusual case of trampling on intertidal rocky shores by the largest rodent, the capybara, Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris (Linnaeus, 1766).
Maria Laura Fontelles Ternes
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Efficient On-the-fly Category Retrieval using ConvNets and GPUs [PDF]
We investigate the gains in precision and speed, that can be obtained by using Convolutional Networks (ConvNets) for on-the-fly retrieval - where classifiers are learnt at run time for a textual query from downloaded images, and used to rank large image ...
A Torralba +8 more
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