Wild Mammals and the Human Food Chain

Estimating Daily Food Intake of Wild Birds and Mammals

Wild birds as human food.

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Anesthesia in Wild Small Mammals

Overview The purpose of this guide is to provide information and serve as a refresher for veterinarians and wildlife biologists who have prior experience with anesthesia and as a training tool for those learning anesthesia under supervision. Anesthesia is loss of sensation, with or without loss of consciousness. General anesthesia is a drug-induced state of total unconsciousness. Anesthesia is ...

Mayaro Virus in Wild Mammals, French Guiana

T Mayaro virus is a zoonotic Alphavirus (family Togaviridae) responsible for epidemics of febrile exanthematous illness in Latin America and Amazonia (1). Although the death rate is low, Mayaro fever is a major arboviral infection relevant to public health in rural populations, with an increasing incidence of human cases in the Amazonian basin following ecosystem disturbances (2). The activity ...

Search for Mycobacterium leprae in wild mammals.

Leprosy is still a worldwide public health problem. Brazil and India show the highest prevalence rates of the disease. Natural infection of armadillos Dasypus novemcinctus with Mycobacterium leprae has been reported in some regions of the United States. Identification of bacilli is difficult, particularly due to its inability to grow in vitro. The use of molecular tools represents a fast and se...