South American galaxiids occupy both Patagonia and the ichthyogeographic Chilean Province, encompassing glacial Andean deep lakes, shallow plateau lakes, reservoirs, short Pacific rivers and long Atlantic rivers. The total fish fauna includes 29 species, comprising Neotropical fishes (siluriforms and characids), galaxiids, percichthyids, atherinops...
Published in Emerging Infectious Diseases
Nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) increasingly are recognized as opportunistic pathogens of humans. NTM species distribution is well documented in Europe and North America, but data from other regions are scarce. We assessed NTM isolation frequency and species distribution in Uruguay during 2006–2018.
Published in ZooKeys
The genus Vipio Latreille is revised for the Neotropical region (south of Nicaragua). All species are fully illustrated. Thirteen species are recognised of which five ( V. boliviensis , V. carinatus , V. godoyi , V. hansoni , and V. lavignei ) are described as new, all with descriptions attributable to Inayatullah, Shaw & Quicke. All previously des...
Published in ZooKeys
Two new species are described in the Neotropical genus Agaporomorphus Guignot from Suriname: A. hamatocoles sp. nov. and A. tortus sp. nov . The species are included in a phylogenetic parsimony analysis of 13 morphological characters and all 12 known species. Two equally parsimonious arrangements are found with the only difference a rearrangement a...
Published in American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine
Published in Veterinary Sciences
Dystocia is a complication that occurs at parturition either due to foetal or maternal factors. This condition has been well studies in domesticated species. However, there is very little information on dystocia in the agouti ( Dasyprocta leporina ). The agouti is utilized for its meat in South America and the Caribbean. More recently, farming of t...
Published in Brazilian Journal of Microbiology
Bovine viral diarrhea virus (BVDV, Pestivirus) causes significant economic losses to the livestock industry worldwide. Although serological surveys show that BVDV exposure is widespread in cattle in Uruguay, BVDV-associated diseases are greatly underreported. The aim of this work is to describe the epidemiological, clinical, pathological, and virol...
Published in SN Applied Sciences
One of the key factors for equine production is water, its availability in sufficient quantity and adequate quality. Studies about water quality in equine production worldwide are limited and even more limited in Argentina (South America). However, the amount of horses in Argentina declared by National Service of Agri-Food Health and Quality is of ...
This paper presents a new discovery of the echinoid species Phyllobrissus humilis (Gauthier, 1875) from the Albian age Riachuelo Formation of the Sergipe-Alagoas Basin. The only specimen obtained in the Maruim 1 outcrop expresses the main species characteristics. Paleoecological notes and a dichotomous key are presented to facilitate the identifica...
Published in Royal Society Open Science
Chickens ( Gallus gallus domesticus ) from the Americas have long been recognized as descendants of European chickens, transported by early Europeans since the fifteenth century. However, in recent years, a possible pre-Columbian introduction of chickens to South America by Polynesian seafarers has also been suggested. Here, we characterize the mit...
