Wild canids, domestic dogs and their pathogens in Southeast Brazil: Disease threats for canid conservation

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 3513-3524

  de Almeida Curi, Nelson Henrique ^a,f   Araújo, Amanda Soriano ^b   Campos, Fábia Souza ^b   Lobato, Zélia Inês Portela ^b   Gennari, Solange Maria ^c   Marvulo, Maria Fernanda Vianna ^d   Silva, Jean Carlos Ramos ^e   Talamoni, Sônia Aparecida ^a  

^a PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d Instituto Brasileiro Para A Medicina da Conserva cão TRÍADE   (Brazil)

^e UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL RURAL DE PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^f Rua Francisco Eugênio Teixeira   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazilian Cerrado; Canid conservation; Disease; Seroprevalence; Wildlife pathogens

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; CANID; CERRADO; DISEASE PREVALENCE; ECTOPARASITE; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT LOSS; SPECIES CONSERVATION; VIRUS; WILD POPULATION;

BRAZIL; MINAS GERAIS; SERRA DO CIPO NATIONAL PARK;

AMBLYOMMA; AMBLYOMMA CAJENNENSE; AMBLYOMMA TIGRINUM; ANCYLOSTOMA; ANCYLOSTOMIDAE; BABESIA; CANIDAE; CANINE ADENOVIRUS; CANINE CORONAVIRUS; CANINE DISTEMPER VIRUS; CANINE PARVOVIRUS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CHRYSOCYON BRACHYURUS; CORONAVIRUS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); DUSICYON THOUS; FELINE PANLEUKOPENIA VIRUS; NEOSPORA CANINUM; PSEUDALOPEX VETULUS; PULEX IRRITANS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TRICHURIDAE; VERMES;

EID: 77957978184     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-010-9911-0     Document Type: Article

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