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Detection of Leishmania infantum DNA in captive wild mammals from an urban zoo in a visceral leishmaniasis-endemic area of Brazil. [PDF]

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
BackgroundVisceral leishmaniasis (VL) is a complex zoonotic disease transmitted to humans through the bites of Leishmania-infected phlebotomine sand flies (Diptera:Psychodidae:Phlebotominae).
Nathália Cristina Lima Pereira, Érika Monteiro Michalsky, Daniel Moreira de Avelar, Lara Saraiva, Regina Celi Antunes Nobi, Carlyle Mendes Coelho, Humberto Espírito Santo Mello, Consuelo Latorre Fortes-Dias, Edelberto Santos Dias   +8 more
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Recurrent evolution of melanism in South American felids. [PDF]

PLoS Genetics, 2015
Morphological variation in natural populations is a genomic test bed for studying the interface between molecular evolution and population genetics, but some of the most interesting questions involve non-model organisms that lack well annotated reference
Alexsandra Schneider, Corneliu Henegar, Kenneth Day, Devin Absher, Constanza Napolitano, Leandro Silveira, Victor A David, Stephen J O'Brien, Marilyn Menotti-Raymond, Gregory S Barsh, Eduardo Eizirik   +10 more
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Ecological niche assessment and conservation status of colocolo pampas cat Leopardus colocola (Molina 1782)

Revista Peruana de Biología
Until 2021, Leopardus colocola was considered a species distributed across much of South America. However, recent studies have shown that it is a monotypic species, apparently restricted in its distribution to the central-northern region of Chile ...
César Lautaro Chávez-Villavicencio, Elier Tabilo-Valdivieso   +1 more
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Development of short-target primers for species identification in biological studies of Carnivora. [PDF]

Ecol Evol, 2023
Abstract Noninvasive genetic sampling greatly facilitates studies on the genetics, ecology, and conservation of threatened species. Species identification is often a prerequisite for noninvasive sampling‐based biological studies. Due to the low quantity and quality of genomic DNA from noninvasive samples, high‐performance short‐target PCR primers are ...
Liu H, Wang D, Zhang C, Pu T, Xiong L, Wei F, Hu Y.   +6 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

The Role of Somatic Cell Synchronization in Nuclear Transfer and Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells for Wild Felids. [PDF]

Zoo Biol
Cell cycle and cells subjected to synchronization in G0/G1. ABSTRACT Human interference reduces wild felid populations. Somatic cell nuclear transfer and the use of induced pluripotent stem cells are potential conservation strategies. To improve the efficiency of these strategies, it is essential to establish adequate protocols for the synchronization ...
Viana JVS, Pereira AF.
europepmc   +2 more sources

Assessment of the current distribution of the colocolo cat, Leopardus colocola (Molina 1782) in Chile and its implications in the taxonomy of the species

Mastozoologia Neotropical, 2023
Carlos Augusto Castro-Pastene, Rodrigo Antonio Villalobos Aguirre, Nicolás Lagos Silva, Cristian Fernando Sepúlveda Cabrera, Daniel Cross Ossa, Natalia Valenzuela-Aedo, Bernardo Tobías Segura Silva, Agustín Iriarte Walton, Felipe Andrés Hernández Muñoz, Mauricio Rodrigo Soto-Gamboa   +9 more
exaly   +2 more sources

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

Vet Med Sci, 2020
Conservation projects in zoos require translocations of captive animals, which may spread pathogens. We aimed to verify the occurrence of vectors (triatomines and sandflies) and to investigate Trypanosoma cruzi and Leishmania infections in captive wild mammals in the Zoo Brasília.
Reis FC, Minuzzi-Souza TTC, Neiva M, Timbó RV, de Morais IOB, de Lima TM, Hecht M, Nitz N, Gurgel-Gonçalves R.   +8 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Confirmación de la presencia de gato del pajonal (Leopardus colocolo) en la Región de Magallanes y la Antártica Chilena, Chile

Notas Sobre Mamíferos Sudamericanos, 2020
Pía Vergara, Utrovicic Mirko, Nicolás Lagos, Juan Pacheco, Alfredo Rivera   +4 more
exaly   +5 more sources

Occurrence of Typical Domestic Animal Viruses in Wild Carnivorans: An Emerging Threat to the Conservation of Endangered Species. [PDF]

Transbound Emerg Dis
Wild species are susceptible to several typical domestic animal pathogens, and the increasingly close contact between these groups is a predictive factor for disease exposure. Some viruses are important and old‐known, and others are emerging or reemerging for domestic carnivorans and have been identified as threats to the conservation of wild mammals ...
Martins NB, de Almeida JCN, Gonçalves MSS, Gila LI, Yogui DR, Alves MH, Desbiez ALJ, Brandão PE, da Hora AS.   +8 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Roadkill patterns in Latin American birds and mammals

Global Ecology and Biogeography, Volume 31, Issue 9, Page 1756-1783, September 2022., 2022
Abstract Aim Roads are a major threat for wildlife, degrading habitat and causing mortality via wildlife–vehicle collisions. In Latin America, the conjunction of high biodiversity and a rapidly expanding road network is reason for concern. We introduce an approach that combines species traits and habitat preferences to describe vulnerability and map ...
Pablo Medrano‐Vizcaíno, Clara Grilo, Fernando Antônio Silva Pinto, William Douglas Carvalho, Ramiro Dário Melinski, Eduardo D. Schultz, Manuela González‐Suárez   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source