| ticks (acari: ixodidae) on wild animals from the porto-primavera hydroelectric power station area, brazil. | from june 2000 to june 2001, a total of 741 ticks were collected from 51 free-living wild animals captured at the porto-primavera hydroelectric power station area, located alongside an approximately 180 km course of the paran river, between the states of s o paulo and mato grosso do sul, comprising 9 species of 3 genera: ambly-omma (7 species), boophilus (1) and anocentor (1). a total of 421 immature amblyomma ticks were reared in laboratory until the adult stage, allowing identification of the ... | 2003 | 12563479 |
| [seasonal evaluation of mammal species richness and abundance in the "mário viana" municipal reserve, mato grosso, brasil]. | we evaluated seasonal species presence and richness, and abundance of medium and large sized mammalian terrestrial fauna in the "mário viana" municipal biological reserve, nova xavantina, mato grosso, brazil. during 2001, two monthly visits were made to an established transect, 2,820 m in length. records of 22 mammal species were obtained and individual footprint sequences quantified for seasonal calculation of species richness and relative abundance index (x footprints/km traveled). all 22 spec ... | 2006 | 18491629 |
| leishmania(leishmania) chagasi in captive wild felids in brazil. | this study used a pcr-rflp test to determine the presence of leishmania (leishmania) chagasi in 16 captive wild felids [seven puma concolor (linnaeus, 1771); five panthera onca (linnaeus, 1758) and four leopardus pardalis (linnaeus, 1758)] at the zoological park of the federal university of mato grosso, brazil. amplification of leishmania spp. dna was seen in samples from five pumas and one jaguar, and the species was characterized as l. chagasi using restriction enzymes. it is already known tha ... | 2010 | 19740501 |