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Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Volume 2018, Issue 1, 2018., 2018 Ethnopharmacological Relevance. This study aims to evaluate the versatility of these species and their agreement of use and/or the informants’ knowledge and verify the variability of the information on the indicated medicinal species in comparison to other species from northeastern Brazilian areas. Materials and Methods.
Julimery Gonçalves Ferreira Macedo +10 more
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Pesquisa Veterinária Brasileira, 2009 Heartworm disease is caused by the intravascular nematode Dirofilaria immitis, a pathogen of public health importance usually associated to domestic dogs and cats, and to a lesser extend to other mammal species.
Claudia Filoni +5 more
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Trends in Medicinal Uses of Edible Wild Vertebrates in Brazil
Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Volume 2017, Issue 1, 2017., 2017 The use of food medicines is a widespread practice worldwide. In Brazil, such use is often associated with wild animals, mostly focusing on vertebrate species. Here we assessed taxonomic and ecological trends in traditional uses of wild edible vertebrates in the country, through an extensive ethnobiological database analysis. Our results showed that at
Rômulo Romeu Nóbrega Alves +3 more
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Ethnopharmacology of Medicinal Plants of the Pantanal Region (Mato Grosso, Brazil)
Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Volume 2012, Issue 1, 2012., 2012 Traditional knowledge is an important source of obtaining new phytotherapeutic agents. Ethnobotanical survey of medicinal plants was conducted in Nossa Senhora Aparecida do Chumbo District (NSACD), located in Poconé, Mato Grosso, Brazil using semi‐structured questionnaires and interviews.
Isanete Geraldini Costa Bieski +7 more
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International Journal of Ecology, Volume 2012, Issue 1, 2012., 2012 We investigated the effects of landscape features and forest structure on the avian community at the Reserva Florestal Adolpho Ducke near Manaus, in the Brazilian Amazon. We sampled the landscape and forest in 72 50 × 50 m plots systematically distributed in the reserve, covering an area of 6,400 ha.
Renato Cintra +2 more
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Permanência de dente canino decíduo em gato-do-mato-pequeno (Leopardus guttulus)
Medicina Veterinária, 2021 Malformações dentárias são comuns em mamíferos silvestres, entretanto, são pouco documentadas na literatura científica. Nesse sentido, o conhecimento das condições patológicas dentárias em espécies de vida livre é fundamental para a medicina veterinária,
Caio Henrique de Oliveira Carniatto +3 more
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Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Volume 2012, Issue 1, 2012., 2012 We investigated the knowledge of medicinal plants in two areas proposed for the creation of protected areas for sustainable use in the city of Imbituba (SC). In this study, we analyzed the influence of gender, form of learning, and modern medicine on medicinal plant knowledge while also reflecting on the relationship of this knowledge to in situ ...
Sofia Zank +2 more
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Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Volume 2012, Issue 1, 2012., 2012 This study assessed the intracultural knowledge of the use of medicinal plants in an urban‐rural community in an Atlantic forest fragment in northeastern Brazil. We examined the importance of native and exotic species and the effects of gender and age on that knowledge.
Cecília de Fátima Castelo Branco Rangel de Almeida +10 more
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Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária, 2012 In Brazil, Oligacanthorhynchus pardalis (Westrumb, 1821) Schmidt, 1972 has been observed in five species of wild felines. In the present study, five roadkilled oncillas (Leopardus tigrinus Schreber, 1775) were collected in the State of Rio Grande do Sul,
Moisés Gallas, Eliane Fraga da Silvera
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Social media videos highlight the impacts of the illegal use of snares on Brazilian biodiversity
People and Nature, Volume 7, Issue 11, Page 2811-2820, November 2025.Abstract Snares are one of the most used types of non‐selective traps for hunting worldwide, though their use is prohibited in many countries, including Brazil. Indiscriminate and unmonitored use of snares can induce serious conservation problems, particularly in megadiverse countries where higher species richness and diversity mean that the ...
William Douglas Carvalho +5 more
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