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Trypanosomatid infections in captive wild mammals and potential vectors at the Brasilia Zoo, Federal District, Brazil [PDF]

Veterinary Medicine and Science, 2020
Background Conservation projects in zoos may involve translocation of captive animals, which may lead to pathogen spread. Neotropical mammals are important hosts of Trypanosoma cruzi and Leishmania spp.
Filipe C. Reis, Thaís T. C. Minuzzi‐Souza, Mariana Neiva, Renata V. Timbó, Igor O. B. deMorais, Thiago M. deLima, Mariana Hecht, Nadjar Nitz, Rodrigo Gurgel‐Gonçalves   +8 more
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evALLution: making basic evolution concepts accessible to people with visual impairment through a multisensory tree of life [PDF]

Evolution: Education and Outreach, 2021
Background People with visual impairment have benefitted from recent developments of assistive technology that aim to decrease socio-economic inequality.
Telma G. Laurentino, Marisa Xavier, Fabrizia Ronco, Francisco Pina-Martins, Iolanda Domingues, Bruno Penha, Marta Dias, Alexandra de Sousa, Tiago Carrilho, Leonor R. Rodrigues, Carlota Pinheiro, Daniela Rato, Duarte Balata, Gonçalo Ayala-Botto, Margarida Matos, Maria Campelo, Rafael Botelho   +16 more
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Safety and Immunogenicity of the Attenuated Yellow Fever Vaccine in Several Neotropical Primate Species [PDF]

Vaccines
Background/Objective: Yellow fever (YF) is an acute infectious disease caused by the yellow fever virus which is transmitted by mosquitoes. Neotropical primates are susceptible to infection, which is often presented as epizootic outbreaks. The aim was to
Nayara Ferreira de Paula, André Duarte Vieira, Daniel Oliveira dos Santos, Lucas dos Reis de Souza, Carlyle Mendes Coelho, Herlandes Penha Tinoco, Paula Cristina Senra Lima, Rafael Otávio Cançado Motta, Valéria do Socorro Pereira, Marcelo Pires Nogueira de Carvalho, Camilla Bayma Fernandes, Adriana de Souza Azevedo, Matheus Soares Arruda, Thais Alkifeles Costa, Betania Paiva Drumond, Fabiola de Oliveira Paes Leme, Marcos da Silva Freire, Tatiane Alves da Paixão, Ayisa Rodrigues Oliveira, Renato Lima Santos   +19 more
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Effect of Long-Term Contraception with Altrenogest in Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) [PDF]

Animals
Altrenogest is a synthetic progestin used as a contraceptive method in various animal species, including bottlenose dolphins. This is a retrospective study based on the analysis of data collected between 2020 and 2025.
Vincenzo Cicirelli, Alice Carbonari, Lucrezia Forte, Roberta Carreca, Rocio Canales, Teresa Fernandes, Letizia Fiorucci, Annalisa Rizzo   +7 more
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A non-invasive specimen collection method and a novel simian foamy virus (SFV) DNA quantification assay in New World primates reveal aspects of tissue tropism and improved SFV detection. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2017
Simian foamy viruses (SFVs) co-evolved with a wide range of Old World and New World primates (OWPs and NWPs, respectively) and occasionally transmit to humans.
Cláudia P Muniz, HaoQiang Zheng, Hongwei Jia, Liliane T F Cavalcante, Anderson M Augusto, Luiz P Fedullo, Alcides Pissinatti, Marcelo A Soares, William M Switzer, André F Santos   +9 more
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Vector-borne transmission of Trypanosoma cruzi among captive Neotropical primates in a Brazilian zoo. [PDF]

Parasit Vectors, 2016
Background: Neotropical primates are important sylvatic hosts of Trypanosoma cruzi, the etiological agent of Chagas disease. Infection is often subclinical, but severe disease has been described in both free-ranging and captive primates.
Minuzzi-Souza TT, Nitz N, Knox MB, Reis F, Hagström L, Cuba CA, Hecht MM, Gurgel-Gonçalves R.   +7 more
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Blood testosterone levels in sickness and in health: Male chimpanzee testosterone levels decrease in face of an immune challenge

American Journal of Primatology, Volume 84, Issue 4-5, May 2022., 2022
Abstract As an integral part of the immune response, testosterone secretion is inhibited when an individual is confronted with an immune challenge. Testosterone‐mediated physiological, morphological, and behavioral traits are compromised at times of impaired health.
Ruth Sonnweber, Jeroen M. G. Stevens, Gottfried Hohmann, Tobias Deschner, Verena Behringer   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Dípteros muscóides como vetores mecânicos de ovos de helmintos em jardim zoológico, Brasil

Revista de Saúde Pública, 2002
OBJETIVO: Verificar as espécies de dípteros muscóides capazes de veicular ovos e larvas de helmintos e avaliar o potencial de contaminação dos dípteros capturados.
Vanderleia Cristina de Oliveira, Rubens Pinto de Mello, José Mario d'Almeida   +2 more
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Imersão na paisagem em jardins zoológicos: o projeto das exposições | Landscape immersion in zoological gardens: the exhibition design

Oculum Ensaios, 2021
Os jardins zoológicos atuais têm como um de seus principais objetivos a educação dos seus visitantes, e, para a efetivação deste, desde a década de 1970 têm-se aplicado nas exposições um conceito deno­minado como imersão na paisagem.
Samantha Balleste
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Mandibular osteosynthesis in a Boa constrictor snake

Semina: Ciências Agrárias, 2014
Nowadays are observed an increase in the finding of certain wild animals in urban areas, due to environmental changes caused by deforestation and economic use of natural areas.
Jorge Luiz Costa Castro , Sérgio Santalucia, José Ricardo Pachaly , José Ademar Villanova Junior , Verônica Souza Paiva Castro , Daniel Almeida Balthazar , Alex Lucas Spadetti , Wilker Nazareth Souza, Luiz Paulo Luzes Fedullo , Alceu Gaspar Raiser   +9 more
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