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Wild Animals Used as Food Medicine in Brazil

Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Volume 2013, Issue 1, 2013., 2013
The connection between eating and healing is common in traditional folk medical systems, and the multiple possibilities resulting from the combination of biodiversity and culture confer a wealth and complexity in terms of knowledge of the flora and fauna as to their potential as food medicine.
Rômulo Romeu Nóbrega Alves, Tacyana Pereira Ribeiro Oliveira, Ierecê Lucena Rosa, Maria Franco Trindade Medeiros   +3 more
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Animal‐Based Remedies as Complementary Medicines in the Semi‐Arid Region of Northeastern Brazil

Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Volume 2011, Issue 1, 2011., 2011
Animals (and their derived products) are essential ingredients in the preparation of many traditional remedies. Despite its prevalence in traditional medical practices worldwide, research on medicinal animals has often been neglected in comparison to medicinal plant research.
Rômulo R. N. Alves, José A. A. Barbosa, Silene L. D. X. Santos, Wedson M. S. Souto, Raynner R. D. Barboza   +4 more
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Perfil metabólico de filhotes de peixe-boi da Amazônia (Trichechus inunguis) em cativeiro, alimentados com diferentes sucedâneos do leite materno [PDF]

Arquivo Brasileiro de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, 2020
RESUMO Dez filhotes de peixe-boi da Amazônia criados em cativeiro foram amamentados com diferentes dietas lácteas em duas etapas. Na primeira, com sucedâneo 1 (S1), utilizado rotineiramente no Inpa e, na segunda, com sucedâneo 2 (S2), elaborado com base ...
A.H.P. Maduro, V.M.F. da Silva, R.P.M. Oliveira, P.S. Barbosa   +3 more
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Status of the Amazonian manatee (Trichechus inunguis) in the Cuyabeno Reserve, Ecuador

ACI Avances en Ciencias e Ingenierías, 2010
Amazonian manatees live in black water rivers and lakes in the Amazon basin. A study of Amazonian manatees in the Cuyabeno Reserve conducted by Timm et al.
Judith Denkinger
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Interaction Between Traditional Fishers and the Neotropical Otter Lontra longicaudis (Olfers, 1818) in a Brazilian Amazon Estuary

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, Volume 35, Issue 12, December 2025.
ABSTRACT The neotropical otter Lontra longicaudis (Olfers, 1818) is a semi‐aquatic carnivore from the Mustelidae family with a piscivorous habit that interacts with riverine populations because of fishing resources, and this relationship is often negative, especially in the Amazon where fishing represents an important activity for several communities ...
Dayse Souza Marques, Izabelle da Silva Mendes, César França Braga, Renata Emin‐Lima, Thuareag Monteiro Trindade dos Santos   +4 more
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Occupancy and population density estimates of the Amazonian manatee in eastern Ecuador

Endangered Species Research, 2021
The Amazonian manatee Trichechus inunguis has been categorized as Vulnerable by the IUCN. There have been few studies on the species in its natural habitats due to its elusive nature and the low visibility of its aquatic habitats.
V Narváez Ruano, V Utreras B, G Zapata-Ríos   +2 more
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Using the West Indian Manatee (Trichechus manatus) as a Mechanism for Invasive Aquatic Plant Management in Florida [PDF]

, 2015
West-Indian manatees (Trichechus manatus L.) are opportunistic, herbivorous aquatic mammals that occupy the warm, shallow coastal waters throughout the southeastern United States.
Allen, Aarin Conrad, Keith, Edward O.
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The Utilization of Aquatic Bushmeat from Small Cetaceans and Manatees in South America and West Africa [PDF]

, 2016
Aquatic bushmeat can be defined as the products derived from wild aquatic megafauna (e.g., marine mammals) that are used for human consumption and non-food purposes, including traditional medicine.
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Global importance of Amazonian freshwaters

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, Volume 23, Issue 10, December 2025.
Amazonian freshwaters have large influences on regional and global climate, harbor remarkable and unique species, and are vital to human society. Nevertheless, as compared to their terrestrial counterparts in the Amazon, these freshwaters have received less attention from the international conservation community.
Clinton N Jenkins, Simone Athayde, Claire F Beveridge, Sandra B Correa, Jhan‐Carlo Espinoza, Sebastian A Heilpern, Guido A Herrera‐R, LuLu Victoria‐Lacy, Paulo Olivas, Antonio Oliveira, Natalia C Piland, Renata Utsunomiya, Elizabeth P Anderson   +12 more
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Avaliação de técnicas de rádio-rastreamento e marcação do peixe-boi da Amazônia, Trichechus inunguis (Mammalia: Sirenia) [PDF]

Acta Amazonica, 1981
Resumo Os resultados de um estudo para avaliar técnicas de rádio-rastreamento e marcação por congelamento, aplicadas no estudo da ecologia de peixes-bois selvagens da Amazônia, são aqui apresentados. Um Trichechus inunguis jovem, macho, foi rádio-marcado
Robin C. Best, G. Gene Montgomery, Megumi Yamakoshi   +2 more
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