LILACS – Literatura Latinoamericana y del Caribe de Ciencias de la Salud

Bone Anatomy of the Thoracic Limb in the Common Hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius) and White Rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum)

Gallina, Pedro Leonardo Sangaleti; Schimming, Bruno Cesar.

Int. j. morphol; 41 (6), 2023

SUMMARY: Although megaherbivores do not belong to the Brazilian fauna, they can be found in national zoos, which makes it important to know the anatomy of the locomotor apparatus to contribute to the clinical routine of zoos and veterinary rehabilitation centers. Thus, the aim of this study was to descri...

Artiodáctilos/anatomía & histología, Perisodáctilos/anatomía & histología, Extremidad Superior/anatomía & histología, Osteología

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Does Plan B work? Home range estimations from stored on board and transmitted data sets produced by GPS-telemetry in the Colombian Amazon

Cabrera, Jaime A; Molina, Eduardo; González, Tania; Armenteras, Dolors.

Rev. biol. trop; 64 (4), 2016

Abstract:Telemetry based on Global Positioning Systems (GPS) makes possible to gather large quantities of information in a very fine scale and work with species that were impossible to study in the past. When working with GPS telemetry, the option of storing data on board could be more desirable than the...

Distribución Animal, Colombia, Conjuntos de Datos como Asunto, Sistemas de Información Geográfica/instrumentación, Fenómenos de Retorno al Lugar Habitual, Iridio, Perisodáctilos, Reproducibilidad de los Resultados, Comunicaciones por Satélite/instrumentación, Factores Sexuales, Telemetría/instrumentación, Telemetría/métodos, Factores de Tiempo

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Gyrostigma rhinocerontis (Diptera: Oestridae, Gasterophilinae) in white rhinoceroses (Ceratotherium simum) imported from South Africa: occurrence in Itatiba, São Paulo, Brazil

Pachaly, José R; Monteiro-Filho, Luiz P. C; Gonçalves, Daniela D; Voltarelli-Pachaly, Evandra M.

Pesqui. vet. bras; 36 (8), 2016

Fly larvae from the Gasterophilinae subfamily of the Oestridae family are parasites of domestic (equine) and wild (rhinos and equine) odd-hoofed ungulates (Perissodactyla). The gastric parasite of African Rhinos is Gyrostigma rhinocerontis (formerly Gyrostigma pavesii), which in its larva phase can be fo...

Perisodáctilos/parasitología, Dípteros/parasitología, Parásitos, Larva, Animales de Zoológico/parasitología

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