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Small but Nice–Seed Dispersal by Tamarins Compared to Large Neotropical Primates
Diversity, 2022 Tamarins, small Neotropical primates of the genera Saguinus and Leontocebus, have a mainly frugivorous-faunivorous diet. While consuming the pulp of a high diversity of fruit species, they also swallow seeds and void them intact, thus acting as seed ...
Eckhard W. Heymann +2 more
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Experimental Zika Virus Infection of Neotropical Primates. [PDF]
Am J Trop Med Hyg, 2018 The establishment of a sylvatic reservoir of Zika virus (ZIKV) in the Americas is dependent on the susceptibility of primates of sufficient population density, the duration and magnitude of viremia, and their exposure to the human mosquito-borne transmission cycle.
Vanchiere JA +16 more
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Proximate causes of the red face of the bald uakari monkey (Cacajao calvus) [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2015 In social species, such as primates, facial appearances transmit a variety of social signals. Although it is suggested that the intense red colour of the face of the bald uakari monkey might be an indicator of health, this hypothesis still has not been ...
P. Mayor +5 more
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Pesquisa Veterinária Brasileira, 2022 : Trypanosoma spp. infection is a problem in many tropical countries, infecting several animal species, including humans. The aim of the present study was to identify the Trypanosoma species in Neotropical primates from Rio de Janeiro state and compare ...
Andresa Guimarães +10 more
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Comparative Immunopathology of Toxoplasma gondii Natural Infections in Marmosets (Callithrix spp.) and Howler Monkeys (Alouatta spp.), Brazil. [PDF]
J Med PrimatolABSTRACT Introduction Neotropical primates (NTPs) present varying susceptibility to toxoplasmosis caused by Toxoplasma gondii, but their immunopathogenic responses remain poorly understood. Materials and Methods Local immune responses were characterized in the liver, spleen, and central nervous system (CNS) of 50 naturally infected NTPs (31 Callithrix ...
Pellegrino M +9 more
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Rates of agonism among female primates: a cross-taxon perspective [PDF]
, 2013 Agonism is common in group-living animals, shaping dominance relationships and ultimately impacting individual tness. Rates of agonism vary considerably among taxa, however, and explaining this variation has been central in ecological models of female ...
Koenig, Andreas +3 more
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Trends in the use of studbooks in captive breeding programs of neotropical primates
, 2020 : Studbooks are databases of individual genealogical records of ex situ populations. Since they are an essential tool in management and planning, we conducted a search of studbook reports to explore historical trends in breeding programs of Neotropical ...
Gómez Cadenas, Kárem +3 more
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International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, 2022 Toxoplasma gondii was isolated in mice from different tissues of a captive black-and-gold howler monkey (Alouatta caraya) kept in a colony at the Primatology Center of Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil, and it was genotypically characterized based on using ...
MRR Amendoeira +12 more
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Serological evidence of orthopoxvirus infection in neotropical primates in Brazil [PDF]
, 2022 The genus Orthopoxvirus (OPXV) of the family Poxviridae comprises several viruses that are capable of infecting a wide range of hosts. One of the most widespread OPXVs is the Vaccinia virus (VACV), which circulates in zoonotic cycles in South America ...
Roehe, Paulo Michel +4 more
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Chromosome Evolution in New World Monkeys (Platyrrhini) [PDF]
, 2012 During the last decades, New World monkey (NWM, Platyrrhini, Anthropoideae) comparative cytogenetics has shed light on many fundamental aspects of genome organisation and evolution in this fascinating, but also highly endangered group of neotropical ...
Müller, Stefan +2 more
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