Marmosa (Micoureus) constantiae Thomas (Marsupialia, Didelphidae) como hospedador de Cuterebra Clark (Insecta, Oestridae, Cuterebrinae) [PDF]
En este trabajo damos a conocer los primeros registros del díptero Cuterebra (Oestridae, Cuterebrinae) parasitando individuos de Marmosa (Micoureus) constantiae capturados camino a Cortaderas (provincia de Salta, Argentina).
Brand, Cecilia, Martin, Gabriel Mario
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Tree Squirrel Bot Fly, Cuterebra emasculator Fitch (Insecta: Diptera: Oestridae)
This document provides an in-depth profile of the tree squirrel bot fly, Cuterebra emasculator Fitch, detailing its taxonomy, distribution, physical characteristics, life cycle, host range, and impact on hosts.
Jordan Taheri +2 more
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Contribuição ao conhecimento dos Cuterebrídeos do Brasil
As espécies de Cuterebrídeos dos gêneros Cuterebra e afins são exclusivamente americanas. Na presente contribuição descrevemos mais três espécies que julgamos novas, provenientes do vale Amazônico.
Lindolfo R. Guimarães +1 more
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Clinical presentation, diagnostic findings and outcome of dogs with presumptive spinal-only meningoencephalomyelitis of unknown origin [PDF]
Objectives: To summarise clinical presentation, diagnostic findings and long-term outcome for dogs clinically diagnosed with meningoencephalomyelitis of unknown origin affecting the spinal cord alone.
Cardy +13 more
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Furuncular myiasis of the foot caused by the tumbu fly, Cordylobia anthropophaga: Report in a Medical Student Returning from a Medical Mission trip to Tanzania. [PDF]
Cutaneous myiasis in humans is a temporary parasitic infestation of the skin by fly larvae or maggots of a variety of Dipteran families. In the United States, autochthonous cases of myiasis are infrequently seen.
North, Dwayne +2 more
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Importance of entomology in veterinary forensics [PDF]
Entomological evidence is legal evidence in the form of insects or related artropodes, and a field of their study in the aim of medicocriminal applications and veterinary-medical forensic cases is forensic entomology.
Aleksić Jelena, Jović Slavoljub
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Bot Fly Types in the Museum of Comparative Zoology (Diptera: Oestridae)
The primary types of 5 bot fly taxa in the entomology collection of the Museum of Comparative Zoology are listed and discussed. Syntypes of Gasterophilus pecorum var. zebrae Rodhain and Bequaert and Kirkia minuta Rodhain and Bequaert, previously believed to be lost, are present in the collection.
Norman E. Woodley
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The energetic cost of parasitism in a wild population [PDF]
Parasites have profound fitness effects on their hosts, yet these are often sub-lethal, making them difficult to understand and quantify. A principal sub-lethal mechanism that reduces fitness is parasite-induced increase in energetic costs of specific ...
Burthe, Sarah J. +7 more
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Time budget, oxygen consumption and body mass responses to parasites in juvenile and adult wild rodents [PDF]
BACKGROUND: The study of changes in a host’s energy allocation in response to parasites is crucial for understanding parasite impact on both individual- and population-level processes.
Boris R. Krasnov +7 more
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Negative effect of the arthropod parasite, Sarcoptes scabiei, on testes mass in Iberian ibex, Capra pyrenaica [PDF]
Testes mass is a key factor in male reproductive success and is potentially exposed to so-called 'parasitic castration'. This is the result of the direct destruction or alteration of reproductive cell lineages (parasitic castration sensu stricto), or the
Fandos, Paulino +7 more
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