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1. Facts about Wildlife Diseases: Warts in White-tailed deer (Cutaneous Fibromas).

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Juan M. Campos Krauer and Samantha M. Wisely

Subjects
white-tailed deer, Odocoileus virginianus, warts, Cervidae, Papillomaviridae, fibroma, Agriculture (General), S1-972, Plant culture, SB1-1110, Biology (General), QH301-705.5
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Deer warts, or cutaneous fibromas, are skin tumors caused by papillomavirus infection that affect white-tailed deer and other deer. These growths are generally benign, but in rare cases may proliferate and impede functions like sight, movement, or feeding. Deer immune systems usually eradicate the infection over time. Found exclusively on the skin, usually around the eyes, neck, face, and forelegs, warts may be diverse in appearance and size, ranging from small fleshy nodules to larger, pendulous masses or clusters. Transmission mechanisms are suspected to involve skin contact or possibly insect vectors but remain unclear. Diagnosis is by visual examination and histopathological analysis of the wart tissue. Wild deer populations usually do not require treatment, but surgical removal is an option for captive herds. Vaccine development remains plausible but has not yet been pursued extensively.

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2024
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2. Facts about Wildlife Diseases: Things You Should Know about Deerpox Virus in Farmed White-Tailed Deer in Florida

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Juan M. Campos Krauer and Samantha M. Wisely

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Cervidae, alternative livestock, Poxviridae infections, deer / virology, cervidpoxvirus, Agriculture (General), S1-972, Plant culture, SB1-1110, Biology (General), QH301-705.5
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Pox viruses are widespread and infect many hosts, including insects, reptiles, birds, and mammals. Some, like chicken pox, are highly adapted to humans, and others, like monkeypox, can be transmitted from species to species. All are highly contagious and usually cause lesions or rashes. Poxvirus infections occur in domestic hoofstock, including cattle, sheep, goats, camels, horses, and swine, and they have been reported in wild ungulates, including mountain sheep, mountain goats, reindeer, mule deer, musk-ox, caribou, moose, and white-tailed deer. In 1983, Mule deerpox virus, a genetically distinct pox virus, was found in free-ranging mule deer in Wyoming. Since the 1990s, several cases of mule deerpox virus have been reported from black-tailed deer from California and Oregon and a white-tailed deer from Mississippi, suggesting that this virus may be a potential emerging pathogen for white-tailed deer. It is unclear whether the virus is more prevalent or whether detection has increased.

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2024
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3. Livestock Vaccines: Principles, Types, and Important Factors to Consider

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Juan M. Campos Krauer and João H. J. Bittar

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vaccines, herd health, livestock, Agriculture (General), S1-972, Plant culture, SB1-1110, Biology (General), QH301-705.5
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This publication presents information on the basic mechanisms and types of livestock vaccines available, as well as a few best practices for vaccine management. This information can help improve your herd health and success in your next herd vaccination. Written by Juan M. Campos Krauer and João H. J. Bittar, and published by the Veterinary Medicine—Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences, UF/IFAS Extension, January 2024.

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2024
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4. Facts about Wildlife Diseases: Antler Infections and Cranial Abscess Disease in White-Tailed Deer

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Michael A. Lyons, Amira M. Richardson, Merrie P. Urban, and Juan M. Campos Krauer

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Deer health, White-tailed Deer, antlers, Odocoileus virginianus, bacterial infections, Agriculture (General), S1-972, Plant culture, SB1-1110, Biology (General), QH301-705.5
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This article provides valuable insights into antler infections and cranial abscess disease in white-tailed deer. It emphasizes the importance of addressing these concerns for the species’ conservation and well-being. Written by Michael A. Lyons, Amira M. Richardson, Merrie P. Urban, and Juan M. Campos Krauer, and published by the Veterinary Medicine—Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences, UF/IFAS Extension, January 2024.

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2024
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5. Mycobacterium kansasii Infection in a Farmed White-Tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) in Florida, USA

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Sydney L. Cottingham, An-Chi Cheng, Pedro H. de Oliveira Viadanna, Kuttichantran Subramaniam, William F. Craft, Marley E. Iredale, Samantha M. Wisely, and Juan M. Campos Krauer

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non-tuberculous Mycobacterium, pneumonia, captive cervid, deer farming, Veterinary medicine, SF600-1100, Zoology, QL1-991
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A 7-year-old farmed white-tailed deer doe was transported to a Levy County, Florida property and began to decline in health, exhibiting weight loss and pelvic limb weakness. The doe prematurely delivered live twin fawns, both of which later died. The doe was treated with corticosteroids, antibiotics, gastric cytoprotectants, and B vitamins but showed no improvement. The doe was euthanized, and a post mortem examination was performed under the University of Florida’s Cervidae Health Research Initiative. We collected lung tissue after the animal was euthanized and performed histological evaluation, using H&E and Ziehl–Neelsen (ZN) staining, and molecular evaluation, using conventional PCR, followed by Sanger sequencing. The microscopic observations of the H&E-stained lung showed multifocal granuloma, while the ZN-stained tissue revealed low numbers of beaded, magenta-staining rod bacteria inside the granuloma formation. Molecular analysis identified the presence of Mycobacterium kansasii. This isolation of a non-tuberculous Mycobacterium in a white-tailed deer emphasizes the importance of specific pathogen identification in cases of tuberculosis-like disease in farmed and free-ranging cervids. We report the first case of M. kansasii infection in a farmed white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) in Florida. Although M. kansasii cases are sporadic in white-tailed deer, it is important to maintain farm biosecurity and prevent farmed cervids from contacting wildlife to prevent disease transmission.

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2024
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6. Jaguar (Panthera onca) population density and landscape connectivity in a deforestation hotspot: The Paraguayan Dry Chaco as a case study

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Jeffrey J. Thompson, Marianela Velilla, Hugo Cabral, Nicolás Cantero, Viviana Rojas Bonzi, Evelyn Britez, Juan M. Campos Krauer, Roy T. McBride, Jr., Rodrigo Ayala, and José Luis Cartes

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Chaco, Connectivity, Density, Jaguar, Paraguay, Spatial capture-recapture, Ecology, QH540-549.5, General. Including nature conservation, geographical distribution, QH1-199.5
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The distribution of the jaguar has decreased by approximately 50% with its conservation highly dependent upon its persistence and mobility in anthropogenic landscapes. Consequently, understanding the effects of land use on jaguar populations and their connectivity is a necessary precursor for effective conservation of the species. We simultaneously estimated jaguar density and landscape connectivity in the ranching landscape of the Dry Chaco of western Paraguay, a deforestation hotspot, as a function of proportional forest area using spatial capture-recapture modeling. Using camera trap sampling at four sites along a deforestation gradient of 17%–51% area deforested, we estimated densities of 0.44–1.6 individuals/100 km2, whereby densities and connectivity from the more deforested sites were significantly lower than those from the less deforested sites. Our results warrant concern for the long-term viability of jaguar in the Paraguayan Dry Chaco, highlighting the need for the effective implementation of existing national laws and management plans for the conservation of the jaguar and its habitat. Furthermore, we showed the importance of accounting for landscape heterogeneity typical of anthropogenic landscapes in the conservation of the jaguar, suggesting results from protected areas may be generating unrepresentative inferences for jaguars in general, while indicating the need to place a greater research emphasis on anthropogenic landscapes to meet range-wide conservation goals for the jaguar.

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2022
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7. Peces ornamentales de agua dulce comúnmente cultivados en Florida

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Jeffrey E. Hill, Roy P. E. Yanong, and Juan M. Campos Krauer

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Agriculture (General), S1-972, Plant culture, SB1-1110, Biology (General), QH301-705.5
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Esta publicación revisa brevemente los grupos más comunes de peces ornamentales tropicales de agua dulce cultivados en Florida y sirve como introducción a una serie de publicaciones que cubren estos grupos con más detalle. Para simplificar, los peces se agrupan según la familia o familias relacionadas.

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2022
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8. Facts about Wildlife Diseases: Rabbit Hemorrhagic Disease Virus Serotype 2 (RHDV2)

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Catherine E. Dixon and Juan M. Campos Krauer

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Disease, Wildlife, Conservation, RHDV, RHDV-2, Rabbit hemorrhagic disease virus, Agriculture (General), S1-972, Plant culture, SB1-1110, Biology (General), QH301-705.5
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This publication provides information on rabbit hemorrhagic disease virus serotype 2 (RHDV2) and discusses infection, clinical signs, treatment, prevention, and reporting. Written by Catherine E. Dixon and Juan M. Campos Krauer, and published by the UF College of Veterinary Medicine, April 2022.

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2022
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9. Field data implicating Culicoides stellifer and Culicoides venustus (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) as vectors of epizootic hemorrhagic disease virus

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Bethany L. McGregor, Kristin E. Sloyer, Katherine A. Sayler, Olivia Goodfriend, Juan M. Campos Krauer, Carolina Acevedo, Xinmi Zhang, Derrick Mathias, Samantha M. Wisely, and Nathan D. Burkett-Cadena

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Culicoides stellifer, Culicoides venustus, hemorrhagic disease, epizootic hemorrhagic disease virus, Odocoileus virginianus, white-tailed deer, Infectious and parasitic diseases, RC109-216
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Abstract Background Epizootic hemorrhagic disease virus (EHDV) is an Orbivirus of veterinary importance which is transmitted by biting midges of the genus Culicoides (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) to ruminants. Culicoides sonorensis Wirth & Jones, the only confirmed vector of EHDV in the USA, is rare in the southeastern states where transmission persists, suggesting that other Culicoides species transmit EHDV in this region. The present study aimed to determine which Culicoides species transmitted EHDV in Florida and Alabama, two states in the southeastern USA. Viral RNA was detected in field-collected midges using molecular methods. These data are presented alongside data on Culicoides blood meal analysis, white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) aspiration, and seasonality to demonstrate an interaction between potential vector species and EHDV hosts. Results Out of 661 pools tested, 20 pools were positive for EHDV viral RNA, including six pools from Culicoides stellifer (Coquillett) and 14 pools from Culicoides venustus Hoffman. The overall infection rate was 0.06% for C. stellifer and 2.18% for C. venustus. No positive pools were identified for a further 17 species. Serotypes identified in Culicoides included EHDV-2, EHDV-6, and coinfections of EHDV-2 and EHDV-6 and were identified in similar proportions to serotypes in deer at 3 of 4 deer farms. Viral detections conducted in Alabama also identified one positive pool of C. venustus. Blood meal analysis revealed that both Culicoides species fed on white-tailed deer (verified through aspiration), fallow deer, and elk, species for which EHDV viremia has been documented. Seasonality data indicated that both species were present throughout the period in which viral transmission occurred to EHDV hosts in 2016 in addition to the 2017 epizootic. Conclusions Our finding of EHDV positive pools of field-collected C. stellifer and C. venustus and an interaction between these species and EHDV hosts satisfy two of the four criteria for vector incrimination as set by the World Health Organization. Determining the vectors of EHDV is an important step towards developing sound strategies for the control of vector Culicoides and management of EHDV in the southeastern USA.

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2019
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10. Partitioning the effects of habitat loss, hunting and climate change on the endangered Chacoan peccary

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Ricardo Torres, Tobias Kuemmerle, Matthias Baumann, Alfredo Romero‐Muñoz, Mariana Altrichter, Gabriel I. Boaglio, Hugo Cabral, Micaela Camino, Juan M. Campos Krauer, José L. Cartes, Rosa L. Cuéllar, Julieta Decarre, Marcelo Gallegos, Anthony J. Giordano, Leónidas Lizarraga, Leonardo Maffei, Nora N. Neris, Verónica Quiroga, Silvia Saldivar, Daniela Tamburini, Jeffrey Thompson, Marianela Velilla, Robert B. Wallace, and Alberto Yanosky

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Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
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2023
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11. Gastrointestinal Parasites of Farmed White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) in Florida

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Sydney L. Cottingham, Heather D.S. Walden, Samantha M. Wisely, and Juan M. Campos-Krauer

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White-tailed deer are susceptible to infection by numerous gastrointestinal parasites. Not all parasite infections cause clinical disease, but even subclinical gastrointestinal parasitism may reduce the health and productivity of infected deer. An understanding of parasite epidemiology is critical to improving captive deer health through effective parasite control strategies. This publication will serve as a guide to common parasites of farmed white-tailed deer in Florida and will provide producers with recommendations for management of gastrointestinal parasites in farmed deer.

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2022
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12. Genome Sequence of a Yunnan Orbivirus Isolated from a Dead Florida White-Tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus)

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Thaís C.S. Rodrigues, Samantha M. Wisely, John A. Lednicky, Juan M. Campos Krauer, Julia C. Loeb, Pedro H O Viadanna, Thomas B. Waltzek, and Kuttichantran Subramaniam

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Whole genome sequencing, 0303 health sciences, biology, 030306 microbiology, animal diseases, Genome Sequences, Zoology, virus diseases, Odocoileus, biology.organism_classification, White (mutation), 03 medical and health sciences, Immunology and Microbiology (miscellaneous), parasitic diseases, Genetics, Molecular Biology, Yunnan orbivirus, geographic locations, 030304 developmental biology
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We report the complete coding sequences of a Yunnan orbivirus isolated from a dead white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) in Florida in 2019. The prevalence of Yunnan orbivirus and its role in disease among farmed white-tailed deer remains to be determined., We report the complete coding sequences of a Yunnan orbivirus isolated from a dead white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) in Florida in 2019. The prevalence of Yunnan orbivirus and its role in disease among farmed white-tailed deer remain to be determined.

Published
2021

13. Genome Sequence of a CHeRI Orbivirus 3 Strain Isolated from a Dead White-Tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) in Florida, USA

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John A. Lednicky, Thomas B. Waltzek, Thaís C.S. Rodrigues, Samantha M. Wisely, Julia C. Loeb, Kuttichantran Subramaniam, and Juan M. Campos Krauer

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Whole genome sequencing, 0303 health sciences, Orbivirus, biology, Phylogenetic tree, 030306 microbiology, Strain (biology), animal diseases, Genome Sequences, Epizootic hemorrhagic disease virus, Odocoileus, biology.organism_classification, Virology, Virus, White (mutation), 03 medical and health sciences, Immunology and Microbiology (miscellaneous), Genetics, Molecular Biology, 030304 developmental biology
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We report the genome sequence of an orbivirus isolated from a dead farmed white-tailed deer in Florida. The deer was coinfected with epizootic hemorrhagic disease virus type 2. Phylogenetic and genetic analyses supported the virus as the fourth strain of the CHeRI orbivirus 3 species.

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2020

14. NEOTROPICAL CARNIVORES: a data set on carnivore distribution in the Neotropics

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André Monteiro, Caroline Leuchtenberger, Juliana Monteiro de Almeida-Rocha, José Salatiel Rodrigues Pires, Isabella Oliveira-Bevan, Armando Muniz Calouro, Valquíria Cabral Araújo, María Beatriz Núñez, Donald P. Eaton, Tatiane Campos Trigo, Raquel Lopes Sinigaglia Caribé Grando, Lucas Gonçalves da Silva, Rayanne Gama Matos, Melissa Sanches Mongelli, Larissa Nascimento Barreto, Jorge José Cherem, Paulo Auricchio, Jader Marinho-Filho, Lais Camila Dahmer, Erick Sekiama Rocha, Michel Barros Faria, Leonardo Marques Costa, Claudio Leite Novaes, Fernanda Cristina de Barros, Omolabake Alhambra Silva Arimoro, Ana Paula Potrich, Walfrido Moraes Tomas, Marilia Teresinha Hartmann, Luciana Zago da Silva, Bianca Ingberman, Maíra Benchimol, Ana Maria de Oliveira Paschoal, Fernanda Cavalcanti de Azevedo, Milene Alves-Eigenheer, Jeffrey J. Thompson, Marina Xavier da Silva, Adriele Aparecida Pereira, Beatriz da Silva de Souza Francisco, Michel Schutte, José Clemensou dos Reis Júnior, José de Sousa e Silva Júnior, Ana Cristina Tomazzoni, Milton Cezar Ribeiro, Carolline Zatta Fieker, Shery Duque Pinheiro, Mario Haberfeld, Fabiana Lopes Rocha, Thiago Philipe de Camargo e Timo, Fredy Ramírez Pinto, André Pinassi Antunes, Kevin M. Flesher, Bruno Rodrigo de Albuquerque França, Enrique González, Ricardo Bassini-Silva, Analice Maria Calaça, Patrício Adriano da Rocha, Maximiliano Víctor Pardo, Anamélia de Souza Jesus, Howard Quigley, Ana Paula Nascimento Gomes, Pedro Cordeiro-Estrela, Joana Zorzal Nodari, Cristiano Trapé Trinca, José Hernán Sarasola, Rodrigo Raúl León Pérez, Bruna Silva Santos, Cecília Licarião Luna, Carlos Hass, Elmary da Costa Fraga, Bruno Busnello Kubiak, Samuel Astete, Alexandra Cravino Mol, Alberto Yanosky, Noé U. de la Sancha, Calebe Pereira Mendes, Maurício B. Vecchi, Thiago Ferreira Rodrigues, Camila de Fátima Priante, Maria Emilia Huerta, J. Antonio de la Torre, Matheus Rocha Jorge Corrêa, Carlos Eduardo Verona, Milton José de Paula, Fernando Gonçalves, Ana María Herrera Victoria, Thiago Cavalcante, Eduardo Delgado Britez Rigacci, Viviane Maria Guedes Layme, Francisco Grotta-Neto, Lucas Pacciullio Gaspar, Marcela Guimarães Moreira Lima, Jéssica Abonizio Gouvea, Carlos De Angelo, Fabíola Keesen Ferreira, Juan Ruiz-Esparza, Arthur Francisco Araújo Fernandes, Lucas Lacerda Toth Quintilham, Hiago Ermenegildo, Nivaldo Peroni, Maria João Ramos Pereira, Bruna da Silva Andrade, Juan Pablo Arrabal, Juan F. Charre-Medellín, Geraldo Wilson Fernandes, Daiana Jeronimo Polli, Natália Mundim Tôrres, Samara Arsego Guaragni, Hipólito Ferreira Paulino Neto, Robert Buitenwerf, Rayssa Faria Pedroso, Flávio Kulaif Ubaid, Fernando Pedroni, Allison L. Devlin, Lorena Anne Nascimento, Marcelo Passamani, Mark Bowler, Michael P. Gilmore, Guilherme Zamarian Rezende, João Carlos Zecchini Gebin, Daiane Buscariol, Frederico Gemesio Lemos, Matthew E. Gompper, Paulo de Tarso Zuquim Antas, Rômulo Romeu Nóbrega Alves, Roberto Junior Tomasi, Pablo Villalva, Adriana Bocchiglieri, Rafael Bessa, Marcos de Souza Lima Figueiredo, Lucia Nathaly Stefany Rojas, Darci Moraes Barros-Battesti, Otávio Santi Ribeiro, Paulo Marinho, Francisco Palomares, Camila Cantagallo Devids, Carla Cristina Gestich, Magnus Machado Severo, Fernando de Castro Jacinavicius, Patrícia Kerches Rogeri, Rodrigo Medina Fróes, Fernando Anaguano-Yancha, Marcela Figuerêdo Duarte Moraes, Erick Francisco Aguiar, Átilla Colombo Ferreguetti, Margareth Lumy Sekiama, Mariana Sampaio Xavier, Giselle Bastos Alves, Vinícius Santana Orsini, Gastón Andrés Fernandez Giné, Pietro de Oliveira Scarascia, Leandro Silveira, Juan M. Campos Krauer, Matheus Gonçalves dos Reis, Robert B. Wallace, Fernanda do Passo Ramalho, Lucas Rodrigo Rezende, Flávio Eduardo Vilas Boas, Martín Alejandro Montes, Vinicius A. G. Bastazini, Natalia Mariana Denkiewicz, Fabio Mello Patiu, Galo Zapata-Ríos, Cristiane Martin, Daniel da Silva Ferraz, Ana Elisa de Faria Bacellar, Leonor Valenzuela, Laís Lautenschlager, María Eugenia Iezzi, Geruza Leal Melo, Andrés J. Novaro, Andrea Siqueira Carvalho, Pierre-Cyril Renaud, Ana Priscila Medeiros Olímpio, Renata Alonso Miotto, Alexine Keuroghlian, Anderson Claudino Rolim, Márcio Leite de Oliveira, Mariana M. Vale, Elisabete Rechenberg, Leonardo Henrique da Silva, Maron Galliez, Sávio Augusto de Souza Machado, Martin Buschiazzo, Mateus Melo-Dias, Priscilla de Paula Andrade Cobra, Pamella Gusmão de Goés Brennand, Cristiana Simão Seixas, Diana Friedeberg, Leonardo Sartorello, Paula Cruz, Leandro Santana Moreira, Carlos Frederico Duarte Rocha, Alex Augusto Abreu Bovo, Noeli Zanella, Javier de la Maza, Roberta Montanheiro Paolino, Marina Lima da Silva, Pedro Sarmento, Andrezza Bellotto Nobre, Laura Villalba, Maurício Eduardo Graipel, Paulina Arroyo-Gerala, George V. N. Powell, Rogério Cunha de Paula, Sebastián Andrés Costa, João Paulo Gava Just, Cuauhtémoc Chávez, Daniel H. Thornton, Jonas Sponchiado, Jorge Reppold Marinho, Elildo A.R. Carvalho, Leandro de Oliveira Marques, Rony García-Anleu, Keila Macfadem Juarez, Rafael Reyna-Hurtado, Flávia P. Tirelli, Maria Laura Gomez Vinassa, Jens-Christian Svenning, Frederico Gustavo Rodrigues França, Luiza Neves Guimarães, Maria Augusta Andrade da Silva, Miriam Lucia Lages Perilli, Stefani Gabrieli Age, Clinton N. Jenkins, Joseph E. Hawes, Letícia Benavalli, Akyllam Zoppi Medeiro, André Faria Mendonça, Jose Roberto de Matos, Juliane Pereira-Ribeiro, José Maurício Barbanti Duarte, Maria del Carmen Fleytas Jover, Alberto González-Gallina, Felipe Martello, Eduardo Marques Santos, Marcelo Cervini, Adriano Garcia Chiarello, Erika Castro, Sérgio Lucena Mendes, Wesley Dáttilo, Nilton C. Cáceres, Rodrigo Affonso de Albuquerque Nóbrega, Vlamir José Rocha, Nelson Henrique de Almeida Curi, Javier Hinojosa, Fernando R. Tortato, Rayssa Mainette Nantes Durães, Douglas de Matos Dias, Mauricio Osvaldo Moura, Juliano André Bogoni, Gindomar Gomes Santana, Daniel Galiano, Silvio Junior Napiwoski, Fabiane de Aguiar Pereira, Roberto Fusco-Costa, Samile Seber, Valeria C. Onofrio, Alejandro Jesús de la Cruz, Wellington Hannibal, Maria Brunini Siviero, Henrique Rajão, Nathália Fernandes Canassa, Natalie Olifiers, José Carlos Chaves dos Santos, Eloisa Neves Mendonça, Felipe Pessoa da Silva, Gabriela Heliodoro, Claudia Paola Zárate-Castañeda, Karl Didier, Mariana Bueno Landis, Igor Kintopp Ribeiro, Denise Alemar Gaspar, Marcos Adriano Tortato, Larissa Fornitano, Gabriela Teixeira Duarte, Gabriel Selbach Hofmann, Ana Cristyna Reis Lacerda, Emiliano Guijosa-Guadarrama, Saulo M. Silvestre, Helena Godoy Bergallo, Jardel Brandão Seibert, Sebastián Albanesi, Ariane Teixeira Bertoldi, Juan Andrés Martínez Lanfranco, Jairo Pérez-Torres, José Otávio Venancio, Edeltrudes Maria Valadares Calaça Camara, Fabiano Rodrigues de Melo, Tiberio Cesar Monterrubio, Beatriz de Mello Beisiegel, Eduardo Roberto Alexandrino, Luiz Henrique Medeiros Borges, Raone Beltrão-Mendes, Adriani Hass, João Paulo Villani, Fernando Henrique Puertas, Sara Álvarez Solas, Maria Cristina Peñuela Mora, Andre Monnerat Lanna, Sandra Maria Hartz, Hugo del Castillo, Sônia A. Talamoni, Flávia G. Chaves, Anah Tereza de Almeida Jácomo, Anderson Pagoto, Bruno Leles, Yaribeth Bravata de la Cruz, Brenda Pereira-Silva, Victor Hugo da Silva Iwakami, Juliani Bruna Zanoni, Maísa Ziviani Alves Martins, Claudia Zukeran Kanda, Catalina Sánchez-Lalinde, Marcelo Hideki Yamane, Laura Martins Magalhães, Ailin Gatica, Edson de Souza Lima, Cecilia Cronemberger, Vanessa Tavares Kanaan, Fernando César Gonçalves Bonfim, Italo Mourthe, Taiguã Corrêa Pereira, Igor Pfeifer Coelho, André Chein Alonso, Ludimila Juliele Carvalho-Leite, Felipe Pedrosa, Sean Keuroghlian-Eaton, Paulo Afonso Hartmann, Marcel José Franco Penteado, Pedro Volkmer de Castilho, Henrique Villas Boas Concone, Sérgio Luiz Althoff, Marina Rivero, Andressa Barbara Scabin, Arystene Nicodemo Ferreira, Júlia Beduschi, Marina Zanin, Juan Carlos Rudolf, Jociel Ferreira Costa, Viviana B. Rojas Bonzi, Cauanne Iglesias Campos Machado, Rhayssa Terra de Faria, Ana Cecilia Ochoa, Marcelo Magioli, Renata Twardowsky Ramalho Bonikowski, Ananda de Barros Barban, Natasha Moraes de Albuquerque, Claudia Cristina Cinta, Camila Alvez Islas, Marianela Velilla, Eder Barbier, Jose Luis Cartes, Eduardo Carrano, Glauber Henrique Borges de Oliveira Souto, Carlos Leonardo Vieira, Kimberly Danielle Rodrigues de Morais, Leticia Prado Munhoes, Jana Rangel Silveira, Helio Secco, Fernanda Martins Hatano, Edgar Chávez-González, Marcelo da Silva, Claudia Guimarães Costa, Christine Steiner São Bernardo, Ubiratan Piovezan, Paula Ribeiro Prist, Victor Vale, Elvira D'Bastiani, Juan L. Peña-Mondragón, Micheli Ribeiro Luiz, Eduardo Eizirik, Ana Raíssa Cunha Costa, Rodrigo de Almeida Nobre, Heitor Miraglia Herrera, Maria Elisa de Freitas Morandi, Valeria Towns, Danielle de Oliveira Moreira, Robson Odeli Espíndola Hack, Maria Claudene Barros, Adriano Pereira Paglia, Marinêz Isaac Marques, Carlos César Durigan, Marcia Maria de Assis Jardim, Rodrigo Paulo da Cunha Araújo, Erika de la Peña-Cuéllar, Rafael Cerqueira Castro de Souza, Emiliano Esterci Ramalho, Carlos Henrique Salvador, Maria Emília de Avelar Fernandes, Marcus Vinícius Vieira, Laís Aline Grossel, Martha Lucia Ortiz-Moreno, Renata L. Muylaert, John Polisar, Sixto Fernández Ramirez, Rômulo Theodoro Costa, Fabiane Girardi, Julio Chacón Pacheco, Gabriel Lima Aguiar, Ronaldo Gonçalves Morato, Leonardo Siqueira Mendonça, Roberto Guilherme Trovati, Camila Moniz Freire Rodrigues, David Costa Braga, Nielson Pasqualotto, Evellyn Borges de Freitas, Edvandro Abreu Ribeiro, German Forero-Medina, Adauto de Souza Ribeiro, Tayana Mendonça da Silva Gondim, Vivian da Silva Braz, Mariana Guenther, Beatriz Azevedo Cezila, Diego J. Lizcano, Daniele Janina Moreno, Caryne Braga, Agnis Cristiane de Souza, Ednaldo Cândido Rocha, Maira Giuliana Quatrocchi, Rubén Cueva Loachamin, Ricardo Sampaio, Rafael Spilere Romagna, Larissa de Nazaré Barros Barbosa, Pedro Luna, Ramonna de Oliveira, Marcela Alvares Oliveira, Lívia Maria de Paula, Valeska Buchemi Oliveira, Rugieri Juárez, Marcella do Carmo Pônzio, Karl L. Schuchmann, Erich Fischer, Juliana Jordao, André Luis Botelho de Moura, Pedro M. Galetti, Luciano Martins Verdade, Bruno Augusto Torres Parahyba Campos, Newton Mota Gurgel-Filho, Luiz Henrique Lyra, Ana Kellen Nogueira Campelo, Kamila Marianne Contreras Palma, Fernanda Santos, Vanessa Lazaro Melo, Graziele Oliveira Batista, Camilla Angélica de Lima, Antonio M. Mangione, Nereyda Falconi, Camila Camara Pianca, Alessandra Bertassoni, Waldney Pereira Martins, Anderson Feijó, Santiago Espinosa, André Luís Luza, Lana Resende de Almeida, Bruna Bertagni de Camargo, Rogério Parentoni Martins, Rita de Cassia Bianchi, Julia Carolina Mata, Fabio Rohe, Marcos Silveira, Pedro Henrique de Faria Peres, Diego Carvalho Viana, Renata R. D. Chagas, Andiara Silos Moraes de Castro e Souza, Felipe Vélez-García, Felipe Bittioli Rodrigues Gomes, Alan Eriksson, José A. Rodríguez-Pulido, Maria Estela Viscarra Siñani, Davi Castro Tavares, João Pedro Souza-Alves, Raquel da Silva, Lucas Ramis Segura, Amadeo Sánchez, João M. D. Miranda, Natani Da Silva De Lima, Antonio Millas Silva Pinto, Wesley Rodrigues Silva, Jörn Ziegler, Lilian Catenacci, Mauro Galetti, Tainah Cruz Moreira, Cristiane Patricia Zaniratto, Danilo Augusto Farias, Anna Carolina Figueiredo de Albuquerque, Lilian Elaine Rampim, Caroline Charão Sartor, Maria Luisa S. P. Jorge, Alex Bager, Maria Lucia Lorini, Rodolfo Assis Magalhães, Rodrigo Lima Massara, Juliana Silveira dos Santos, Vagner Cavarzere, Cíntia M. Lopes, Greici Maia Behling, Fernanda Delborgo Abra, Fabricio Diaz-Santos, Helena Alves do Prado, Daniela Lamattina, Rubia Santana Andrade, Kathrin Burs, Ramon Lima Silva, Meyline de Oliveira Souza Almeida, José Fernando Moreira Ramírez, Maria Cristina Ferreira do Rosario, Franco L. Souza, Maria Santina de Castro Morini, Ana Carla Medeiros Morato de Aquino, Mauricio Neves Godoi, Marcelo Alejandro Villegas, Paulo Inácio Prado, Mariano Maudet Bergel, Gustavo Alves da Costa Toledo, Ângela Camila Deffaci, Diogo Loretto, Diego Afonso Silva, Henrique Llacer Roig, Richard Hatakeyama, Mario S. Di Bitetti, Carmen Elena Barragán Ruiz, Alexandra M. R. Bezerra, Flávio Henrique Guimarães Rodrigues, Fernanda Michalski, Jasmine de Resende Assis, Jose Milton Longo, Paula Sanches Martin, Murillo Prado da Silva, Pablo Rodrigues Gonçalves, Daiane Cristina Carreira, Andrea Dechner, Carolina Carvalho Cheida, Gabrielle Beca, Hugo Fernandes-Ferreira, Ricardo Araújo Pires, Alfonso Zúñiga Hartley, Hugo Cabral, Luiz Flamarion B. Oliveira, Renato R. Hilário, Samanta Uchôa Bordallo, Fernando C. Passos, Herbert Duarte, Fabio de Oliveira Roque, Fabio Oliveira do Nascimento, Fábio Soares, Alexandre Reis Percequillo, Emiliana Isasi-Catalá, Manoel Rodrigues, Clarissa Alves da Rosa, Marcelo Augusto dos Santos Junior, José Eduardo Mantovani, Andressa Gatti, Saulo Ramos Lima, Laury Cullen, Erica Naomi Saito, Carlos A. Peres, Caroline Espinosa, Guido Marcos Ayala Crespo, Leticia Coutinho Sangy Dias, Jean Paul Metzger, Paulo H. S. A. Camargo, Ana Carolina Srbek-Araujo, Christine Del Vechio, Olivier Pays, Júlia Emi de Faria Oshima, Ludmila Hufnagel, Diego Astúa, Renan Lieto Alves Ribeiro, Katia Maria Paschoaletto Micchi de Barros Ferraz, Mircea G. Hidalgo-Mihart, Octavio Monroy-Vilchis, Lucas Neves Perillo, Cindy M. Hurtado, Cristina Jaques da Cunha, Rony Peterson Santos Almeida, Jasmim Felipe Oliveira, Leonardo dos Santos Aguiar, Antonio Rossano Mendes Pontes, Nêmora Pauletti Prestes, Felipe Moreli Fantacini, Sérgio Bazilio, Isabel Melo, Glenda Jéssica Villarroel, Rafael Hoogesteijn, Lilian Bonjorne, Luis Renato Rezende Bernardo, Maurício Quoos Konzen, Juan Ignacio Zanón-Martínez, Paloma Marques Santos, Whaldener Endo, Diego Varela, Benoit de Thoisy, Karla Chávez-Congrains, Yuri Geraldo Gomes Ribeiro, Jaime Xavier Palacios Perez, Mariana Silva Tavares, Fernando M. Contreras-Moreno, Luciano Carramaschi de Alagão Querido, Francesca Belem Lopes Palmeira, Bianca dos Santos Neves, José Luis Passos Cordeiro, Erik Daniel Martínez Nambo, Mariane da Cruz Kaizer, João Luiz Rossi Junior, Mauricio M. Núñez-Regueiro, José Oliveira Dantas, Cristina Fabiola López-Fuerte, Giordano Ciocheti, Marina Salles Munerato, Eleonore Z. F. Setz, Júlia Ilha, Karen Giselle Rodriguez Castro, Mozart C. Freitas-Junior, André Luiz Ferreira da Silva, Eduardo Martins Venticinque, Vilmar Picinatto Filho, Francys E. da Veiga da Costa, Renata Valls Pagotto, Cyntia Cavalcante Santos, Carla Denise Tedesco, Julia Camara Assis, Raphaella Coutinho, Luciana Souza Araújo, João Gabriel Ribeiro Giovanelli, Jesus R.D. Souza, Mariana B. Nagy-Reis, Joedison Rocha, Luiz Gustavo Rodrigues Oliveira Santos, André Valle Nunes, Andiara Paula Hermann, Samia E. Carrillo-Percastegui, Lucy Perera-Romero, Ingridi Camboim Franceschi, Filipe Martins Santos, Itiberê P. Bernardi, Érica Hasui, Joyce Gonçalves Santos, Paula Modenesi Ferreira, Thamíris Christina Karlovic, María Celina Carrizo, Marília A. S. Barros, Almir de Paula, Carlos Benhur Kasper, Guilherme Mourão, Mathias W. Tobler, Camilo Ribeiro de Lima, Paulo Wesley Martins, Jamile de Moura Bubadué, João Paulo Pandini Favoretti, William Bercê, Leonardo de Paula Gomes, Leonardo C. Oliveira, Diogo Maia Gräbin, Gabrielle Ribeiro de Andrade, Rodrigo Bernardo, Thiago Bernardes Maccarini, Carlos Eduardo Fragoso, Rafaela Aparecida da Silva, Viviane Telles Rodrigues Gaboardi, Raony de Macêdo Alencar, Fernanda Guedes da Silva, Anelise Montanarin, Vinicius Rodrigues Tonetti, Bruno H. Saranholi, Larissa L. Bailey, Martin Roberto Del Valle Alvarez, Juliana Bonanomi, Paula Akkawi, Vinicius Alberici, Grasiela Edith de Oliveira Porfírio, Adriano Canteri, Jimmy Pincheira-Ulbrich, Alan N. Costa, Fabio Gabriel Díaz-Santos, Douglas Machado da Silva, Ezequiel Pedó, Lucía Martínez Retta, Alvaro García-Olaechea, Ricardo Sartorello, Paulo Henrique Peira Ruffino, Alexandre Martins Costa Lopes, Crizanto Brito De-Carvalho, Eliana César Laranjeira Duarte Rocha, Karen B. Strier, Raylenne da Silva Araujo, Jaime Martinez, Augusto Lisboa Martins Rosa, Eduardo Nakano-Oliveira, Rodrigo Silva Pinto Jorge, Hudson de Macedo Lemos, Aureo Banhos, Pryscilla Moura Lombardi, Alexandre Vogliotti, Rafael Souza Cruz Alves, Mayara Guimarães Beltrão, Carlos Fonseca, Rogério Grassetto Teixeira da Cunha, Nagy-Reis M., Oshima J. E. de F., Zukeran Kanda C., Palmeira F. B. L., Melo F. R. de, Morato R. G., Bonjorne L., Magioli M., Leuchtenberger C., Rohe F., Lemos F. G., and Cravino Mol María Alexandra, Universidad de la República (Uruguay). Facultad de Ciencias. Instituto de Ecología y Ciencias Ambientales.

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0106 biological sciences, carnivores, Ecological health, predator, canidae, Roadkill, Species distribution, Carnivora, Mustelidae, mammal, occurrence, 010603 evolutionary biology, 01 natural sciences, data paper, Landscape Architecture and Spatial Planning, Animals, Humans, Carnivore, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Ecosystem, Trophic level, Canidae, biology, Ecology, 010604 marine biology & hydrobiology, Landschapsarchitectuur en Ruimtelijke Planning, conservation, felidae, biology.organism_classification, Geography, Habitat, neotropical region, species distribution, Ursidae, Count data
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Incluye contenido parcial de los autores Abstract.Mammalian carnivores are considered a key group in maintaining ecologicalhealth and can indicate potential ecological integrity in landscapes where they occur. Carni-vores also hold high conservation value and their habitat requirements can guide managementand conservation plans. The order Carnivora has 84 species from 8 families in the Neotropicalregion: Canidae; Felidae; Mephitidae; Mustelidae; Otariidae; Phocidae; Procyonidae; andUrsidae. Herein, we include published and unpublished data on native terrestrial Neotropicalcarnivores (Canidae; Felidae; Mephitidae; Mustelidae; Procyonidae; and Ursidae). NEOTRO-PICAL CARNIVORES is a publicly available data set that includes 99,605 data entries from35,511 unique georeferenced coordinates. Detection/non-detection and quantitative data wereobtained from 1818 to 2018 by researchers, governmental agencies, non-governmental organi-zations, and private consultants. Data were collected using several methods including cameratrapping, museum collections, roadkill, line transect, and opportunistic records. Literature(peer-reviewed and grey literature) from Portuguese, Spanish and English were incorporated inthis compilation. Most of the data set consists of detection data entries (n=79,343; 79.7%) butalso includes non-detection data (n=20,262; 20.3%). Of those, 43.3% also include count data(n=43,151). The information available in NEOTROPICAL CARNIVORES will contribute tomacroecological, ecological, and conservation questions in multiple spatio-temporal perspec-tives. As carnivores play key roles in trophic interactions, a better understanding of their distri-bution and habitat requirements are essential to establish conservation management plans andsafeguard the future ecological health of Neotropical ecosystems. Our data paper, combinedwith other large-scale data sets, has great potential to clarify species distribution and relatedecological processes within the Neotropics. There are no copyright restrictions and no restric-tion for using data from this data paper, as long as the data paper is cited as the source of theinformation used. We also request that users inform us of how they intend to use the data.

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2020
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15. A Mortality-Based Description of EHDV and BTV Prevalence in Farmed White-Tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) in Florida, USA

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Sydney L Cottingham, Juan M. Campos-Krauer, Samantha M. Wisely, and Zoe S White

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Male, Serotype, Veterinary medicine, Farms, 040301 veterinary sciences, animal diseases, viruses, deer farming, 030231 tropical medicine, Hemorrhagic Disease Virus, Epizootic, Biology, Odocoileus, Antibodies, Viral, EHDV, Microbiology, Bluetongue, Article, Virus, 0403 veterinary science, 03 medical and health sciences, bluetongue virus, 0302 clinical medicine, Virology, Prevalence, medicine, Animals, Orbivirus, Deer, Significant difference, Epizootic hemorrhagic disease virus, 04 agricultural and veterinary sciences, biology.organism_classification, medicine.disease, captive cervids, QR1-502, Reoviridae Infections, Infectious Diseases, Florida, Coinfection, Female, Viral disease, epizootic hemorrhagic disease virus, BTV
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Hemorrhagic disease (HD) caused by bluetongue virus (BTV) and epizootic hemorrhagic disease virus (EHDV) is the most important viral disease of farmed and wild white-tailed deer (WTD, Odocoileus virginianus) and can cause substantial mortality in susceptible hosts. Captive cervid farming is an emerging industry in Florida, an HD-enzootic region. Morbidity and mortality due to HD are major concerns among deer farmers, but the impact of HD on Florida’s cervid farming industry is unknown. Our primary objective was to determine the prevalence of epizootic hemorrhagic disease virus (EHDV) and bluetongue virus (BTV) among WTD submitted to the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences Cervidae Health Research Initiative (CHeRI) for post-mortem diagnostics. Our secondary objectives were to identify the predominant circulating EHDV serotypes during each sampling year and to determine the age class with the greatest proportion of EHDV- and BTV-positive post-mortem specimens. From 2016 to 2020, spleen samples from 539 farmed WTD with unexplained mortality were tested for the presence of EHDV and BTV by RT-qPCR. Overall, the prevalence of EHDV, BTV, or EHDV/BTV coinfection was 26%, 16%, and 10%, respectively, and 44% of deer (237/539) were diagnosed with HD by RT-qPCR. The predominant circulating EHDV serotype varied by year. Overall, EHDV-2 was the most commonly identified serotype (55% of PCR-positive cases), and EHDV-1 was the least frequently identified serotype (16% of PCR-positive cases). The greatest proportion of EHDV/BTV positives among mortality cases was observed in young WTD aged 3–6 months (50%–82% positive). There was a significant difference in the prevalence of EHDV/BTV by age when comparing specimens from WTD over 1 year old (p = 0.029, n = 527). Among these samples, the number of reported mortalities and the prevalence of EHDV/BTV were highest in yearling animals (56%). These data provide the first estimate of EHDV and BTV prevalence and virus serotypes among farmed WTD in Florida, identify the WTD age groups with the greatest proportions of EHDV- and BTV-positive specimens, and suggest that HD caused by these two viruses may be a major source of mortality challenging the captive cervid farming industry in Florida.

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2021
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16. Three New Orbivirus Species Isolated from Farmed White-Tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) in the United States

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Hannah M. Barber, Vsevolod L. Popov, Mohammad Shamim Ahasan, Samantha M. Wisely, Julia C. Loeb, Thomas B. Waltzek, Olivia Goodfriend, Caroline J. Stephenson, John A. Lednicky, Rémi N. Charrel, Katherine A. Sayler, Kuttichantran Subramaniam, and Juan M. Campos Krauer

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0301 basic medicine, 030106 microbiology, deer farming, Zoology, Genome, Viral, Odocoileus, reovirus, Virus, Article, orbivirus, Animal Diseases, 03 medical and health sciences, Virology, parasitic diseases, Animals, Epizootic hemorrhagic disease, Public Health Surveillance, Geography, Medical, Pathogen, Phylogeny, Orbivirus, Phylogenetic tree, biology, Deer, Computational Biology, Genomics, biology.organism_classification, Culicoides, United States, Reoviridae Infections, white-tailed deer, 030104 developmental biology, Infectious Diseases, Odocoileus virginianus, Vector (epidemiology), Animals, Domestic
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We report the detection and gene coding sequences of three novel Orbivirus species found in six dead farmed white-tailed deer in the United States. Phylogenetic analyses indicate that the new orbiviruses are genetically closely related to the Guangxi, Mobuck, Peruvian horse sickness, and Yunnan orbiviruses, which are thought to be solely borne by mosquitos. However, four of the six viruses analyzed in this work were found as co-infecting agents along with a known cervid pathogen, epizootic hemorrhagic disease virus-2 (EHDV-2), raising questions as to whether the new viruses are primary pathogens or secondary pathogens that exacerbate EHDV-2 infections. Moreover, EHDV-2 is known to be a Culicoides-borne virus, raising additional questions as to whether Culicoides species can also serve as vectors for the novel orbiviruses, if mosquitoes can vector EHDV-2, or whether the deer were infected through separate bites by the insects. Our findings expand knowledge of the possible viral pathogens of deer in the United States. Moreover, due to the close genetic relatedness of the three new orbiviruses to viruses that are primary pathogens of cattle and horses, our findings also underscore a crucial need for additional research on the potential role of the three new orbiviruses as pathogens of other animals.

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2019

17. Field data implicating Culicoides stellifer and Culicoides venustus (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) as vectors of epizootic hemorrhagic disease virus

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Kristin E. Sloyer, Juan M. Campos Krauer, Derrick K. Mathias, Samantha M. Wisely, Nathan D. Burkett-Cadena, Katherine A. Sayler, Xinmi Zhang, Bethany L. McGregor, Olivia Goodfriend, and Carolina Acevedo

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0301 basic medicine, Serotype, Ceratopogonidae, 030231 tropical medicine, hemorrhagic disease, Zoology, Hemorrhagic Disease Virus, Epizootic, Odocoileus, Serogroup, lcsh:Infectious and parasitic diseases, Culicoides stellifer, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, medicine, Animals, lcsh:RC109-216, Epizootic, Culicoides venustus, Orbivirus, biology, Research, Deer, Epizootic hemorrhagic disease virus, Ruminants, biology.organism_classification, Culicoides, medicine.disease, Insect Vectors, Reoviridae Infections, white-tailed deer, 030104 developmental biology, Infectious Diseases, Vector (epidemiology), Alabama, Florida, RNA, Viral, Female, Parasitology, epizootic hemorrhagic disease virus, Odocoileus virginianus
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Background Epizootic hemorrhagic disease virus (EHDV) is an Orbivirus of veterinary importance which is transmitted by biting midges of the genus Culicoides (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) to ruminants. Culicoides sonorensis Wirth & Jones, the only confirmed vector of EHDV in the USA, is rare in the southeastern states where transmission persists, suggesting that other Culicoides species transmit EHDV in this region. The present study aimed to determine which Culicoides species transmitted EHDV in Florida and Alabama, two states in the southeastern USA. Viral RNA was detected in field-collected midges using molecular methods. These data are presented alongside data on Culicoides blood meal analysis, white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) aspiration, and seasonality to demonstrate an interaction between potential vector species and EHDV hosts. Results Out of 661 pools tested, 20 pools were positive for EHDV viral RNA, including six pools from Culicoides stellifer (Coquillett) and 14 pools from Culicoides venustus Hoffman. The overall infection rate was 0.06% for C. stellifer and 2.18% for C. venustus. No positive pools were identified for a further 17 species. Serotypes identified in Culicoides included EHDV-2, EHDV-6, and coinfections of EHDV-2 and EHDV-6 and were identified in similar proportions to serotypes in deer at 3 of 4 deer farms. Viral detections conducted in Alabama also identified one positive pool of C. venustus. Blood meal analysis revealed that both Culicoides species fed on white-tailed deer (verified through aspiration), fallow deer, and elk, species for which EHDV viremia has been documented. Seasonality data indicated that both species were present throughout the period in which viral transmission occurred to EHDV hosts in 2016 in addition to the 2017 epizootic. Conclusions Our finding of EHDV positive pools of field-collected C. stellifer and C. venustus and an interaction between these species and EHDV hosts satisfy two of the four criteria for vector incrimination as set by the World Health Organization. Determining the vectors of EHDV is an important step towards developing sound strategies for the control of vector Culicoides and management of EHDV in the southeastern USA.

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2019
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18. Genome Sequences of a Novel Strain of Big Cypress Orbivirus Isolated from a Dead Florida White-Tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus)

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Juan M. Campos Krauer, John A. Lednicky, Samantha M. Wisely, Kuttichantran Subramaniam, Julia C. Loeb, Thomas B. Waltzek, Mohammad Shamim Ahasan, and Katherine A. Sayler

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Orbivirus, biology, Strain (biology), education, Genome Sequences, Zoology, Odocoileus, biology.organism_classification, Genome, White (mutation), Immunology and Microbiology (miscellaneous), Genetics, Cypress, Molecular Biology
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Here, we report the coding sequences of Big Cypress orbivirus isolated from a dead white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) from Florida in 2017. To our knowledge, this is the first detection of Big Cypress orbivirus in a vertebrate host.

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2019
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19. Complete Genome Sequence of Mobuck Virus Isolated from a Florida White-Tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus)

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Thomas B. Waltzek, Mohammad Shamim Ahasan, Samantha M. Wisely, John A. Lednicky, Juan M. Campos Krauer, Julia C. Loeb, Kuttichantran Subramaniam, and Katherine A. Sayler

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Whole genome sequencing, 0303 health sciences, Orbivirus, biology, 030306 microbiology, Genome Sequences, Zoology, Odocoileus, biology.organism_classification, White (mutation), 03 medical and health sciences, Mobuck virus, Immunology and Microbiology (miscellaneous), Genetics, Molecular Biology, 030304 developmental biology
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Here, we report the complete genome sequence of mobuck virus isolated from a Florida white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) in 2017. This is the second report of mobuck virus in the United States and expands the known geographic range of this novel orbivirus into Florida.

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2019

20. Neotropical xenarthrans: a data set of occurrence of xenarthran species in the Neotropics

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Guilherme Braga Ferreira, Javier de la Maza, Sandra M. C. Cavalcanti, Samir Gonçalves Rolim, Diana Letícia Kruger Pacheco Carvalho, Juan L. Peña-Mondragón, Jessica Castro-Prieto, Maria Luisa S. P. Jorge, Carlos De Angelo, Micheli Ribeiro Luiz, Daniel H. Thornton, Jesús A. Iglesias, Arthur Francisco Araújo Fernandes, Jonas Sponchiado, Juliani Bruna Zanoni, Lucas Lacerda Toth Quintilham, Thadeu Sobral-Souza, Daniel da Silva Ferraz, Rayana Diniz da Silva, Agustin Manuel Abba, María Eugenia Iezzi, Andreas Kindel, Flávia Regina Miranda, Gabriel Ivan Boaglio, Pamella Gusmão de Goés Brennand, Maurício Eduardo Graipel, Paula Alves Condé, Paulina Arroyo-Gerala, Rogério Cunha de Paula, Sebastián Andrés Costa, Natasha Moraes de Albuquerque, Teresa Cristina Anacleto, Erich Fischer, Adriano Garcia Chiarello, Fernando M. Contreras-Moreno, Roan McNab, André Luis Regolin, Zoila Vega Guarderas, Francesca Belem Lopes Palmeira, Rodrigo de Almeida Nobre, Marcia Maria de Assis Jardim, Diego Queirolo, Erika Castro, Luciano Carramaschi de Alagão Querido, Freddy Pérez-Garduza, Gabriel Favero Massocato, Karine Galisteo Diemer Lopes, Beatriz Fernandes Lima Luciano, Bruno Rodrigo de Albuquerque França, Enrique González, Giordano Ciocheti, Agustin Paviolo, Eleonore Z. F. Setz, Victor Gasperotto Krepschi, Felipe Martello, Juan Pablo Arrabal, Paulo de Tarso Zuquim Antas, Daiane Buscariol, Frederico Gemesio Lemos, Joana Zorzal Nodari, Cristiano Trapé Trinca, Fernanda Santos, Valéria da Cunha Tavares, Luis Renato Rezende Bernardo, Maria Angélica Barbosa Beccato, Juliana F. Ribeiro, Marina Ochoa Favarini, Alexine Keuroghlian, Cesar Rojano, Márcio Leite de Oliveira, Laura K. Honda, Lilian Elaine Rampim, Paloma Marques Santos, Nicolás Cantero, Helena Alves do Prado, Miriam Lucia Lages Perilli, Whaldener Endo, Diego Varela, Mauricio M. Núñez-Regueiro, Ernesto B.Viveiros de Castro, Fábio de Barros, Sebastián A. Ballari, Andreia Magro Moraes, Scarlat Dalva Ferreira, Lerrane de Fatima Cunha, William James Loughry, Ana Cecilia Ochoa, Alexandra Cravino Mol, Milton José de Paula, Igor Pfeifer Coelho, Samuel Eurich Betkowski, Erika de la Peña-Cuéllar, Milene Alves-Eigenheer, Evelyn Beatriz Brítez, Benoit de Thoisy, María Alicia de la Colina, Fabiana Lopes Rocha, Bibiana Gómez-Valencia, Cecília Licarião Luna, Hugo Fernandes-Ferreira, Gustavo Gonsioroski, Jeffrey J. Thompson, Deborah Faria, Izar Aximoff, Katyucha Von Kossel de Andrade Silva, Pierre-Cyril Renaud, Raone Beltrão-Mendes, Carlos Henrique Salvador, Alexandre Casagrande Faustino, Pedro Volkmer de Castilho, Paula Koeler Lira, Natalia Fraguas Versiani, Ricardo Sampaio, Santiago Carvalho, Marina Zanin, Geruza Leal Melo, Anne Karoline de Oliveira, Paulo Afonso Hartmann, Leonardo Carreira Trevelin, Marianela Velilla, Ana Raíssa Cunha Costa, Luiz Flamarion B. Oliveira, Patrício Adriano da Rocha, Carla Danielle de Melo-Soares, Dênis A. Sana, Danielle de Oliveira Moreira, Nivaldo Peroni, Carolina Depolito Melo, Marina Furlan Giubbina, José Julio de Toledo, Fredy Ramírez Pinto, Julio Chacón Pacheco, Javier Hinojosa, Pablo Gerardo Fernández Santiago, Maximiliano Augusto Benedetti, Vinícius Santana Orsini, Patrícia Gonçalves Guedes, Elisandra de Almeida Chiquito, Fabiane Girardi, Douglas de Matos Dias, Layla Reis de Andrade, Soledad de Bustos, Maria João Ramos Pereira, Wellington Hannibal, Mariana Bueno Landis, Juliano André Bogoni, Gindomar Gomes Santana, Eloisa Neves Mendonça, Miguel Coutinho Moretta Monteiro, Andre Monnerat Lanna, Isadora Beraldi Esperandio, Francys E. da Veiga da Costa, Sérgio Lucena Mendes, Wesley Dáttilo, Juan M. Campos Krauer, Sebastián Cirignoli, Fernando Gonçalves, Caryne Braga, Helena Godoy Bergallo, Ariane Teixeira Bertoldi, J. Antonio de la Torre, Luciana Souza Araújo, Paulo Marinho, Carla Cristina Gestich, Magnus Machado Severo, Ludmilla Oliveira Ribeiro, Juliane Pereira-Ribeiro, Jairo José Zocche, Mariana B. Nagy-Reis, Fernanda Zimmermann Teixeira, Fábio D. Mazim, Fernando Ferreira de Pinho, Leandro Perez Godoy, André Valle Nunes, Mozart C. Freitas-Junior, André Luiz Ferreira da Silva, Bruno Leles, Flávio Kulaif Ubaid, Fernando Pedroni, Vilmar Picinatto Filho, Sofia Marques Silva, Allison L. Devlin, Denise Lidoro de Mattia, William Douglas de Carvalho, Juan A. Martínez-Lanfranco, Marcela Alvares Oliveira, Bruna Silva Santos, Jorge Ferreira Lima Neto, Fernando Lima, Emiliano Guijosa-Guadarrama, Amadeo Sánchez, Juan I. Reppucci, Sixto Fernández Ramirez, Simonne Chinem, Ana Yoko Ykeuti Meiga, Vinicius A. G. Bastazini, Omar Correia Neto, Gabriel Lima Aguiar, Camila Cantagallo, Luiz H. Varzinczak, Italo Mourthe, Yamil Edgardo Di Blanco, Lydia Möcklinghoff, Bruna Gomes Oliveira, Stefani Gabrieli Age, Gabriel Preuss, Pryscilla Moura Lombardi, José Maurício Barbanti Duarte, Nicholas Gengler, Paul François Colas-Rosas, Paula Gonzalez Ciccia, Fernanda Guedes da Silva, Claudia Zukeran Kanda, Marcelo Hideki Yamane, Marina Lima da Silva, Gustavo Alvez da Costa Toledo, Cintia Gisele Tellaeche, Guilherme Cavicchioli, Larissa Oliveira Gonçalves, Juliana Silveira dos Santos, Alessandra Bertassoni, Newton Mota Filho, Nila Rássia Costa Gontijo, Maria Augusta Andrade da Silva, Guillermo E. Gil, Cyntia Cavalcante Santos, Alexandre Camargo Martensen, Anelise Montanarin, Barbara Zimbres, Anna Carolina Figueiredo de Albuquerque, Frédéric Delsuc, Mircea Mihart Hidalgo, Fernando R. Tortato, Breno Campelo Lima, Ana Cristina Mendes de Oliveira, Rodolfo Assis Magalhães, Eduardo Marques Santos, Ezequiel Pedó, Danianderson Rodrigues Carvalho, Marcelo Cervini, Antonio M. 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0106 biological sciences, NEOTROPICAL REGION, biodiversity hotspot, xenarthra, habitat loss, Pilosa, HABITAT LOSS, Forest fragmentation, XENARTHRA, 010603 evolutionary biology, 01 natural sciences, purl.org/becyt/ford/1 [https], PILOSA, Ciencias Biológicas, Cingulata, neotropical mammals, purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6 [https], NEOTROPICAL MAMMALS, ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, forest fragmentation, BIODIVERSITY HOTSPOT, pilosa, biology, Ecology, 010604 marine biology & hydrobiology, Xenarthra, FOREST FRAGMENTATION, Ecología, biology.organism_classification, Biodiversity hotspot, Data set, Geography, Habitat destruction, cingulata, neotropical region, [SDE.BE]Environmental Sciences/Biodiversity and Ecology, CINGULATA, CIENCIAS NATURALES Y EXACTAS
Abstract

Xenarthrans -anteaters, sloths, and armadillos- have essential functions for ecosystem maintenance, such as insect control and nutrient cycling, playing key roles as ecosystem engineers. Because of habitat loss and fragmentation, hunting pressure, and conflicts with domestic dogs, these species have been threatened locally, regionally, or even across their full distribution ranges. The Neotropics harbor 21 species of armadillos, 10 anteaters, and 6 sloths. Our data set includes the families Chlamyphoridae (13), Dasypodidae (7), Myrmecophagidae (3), Bradypodidae (4), and Megalonychidae (2). We have no occurrence data on Dasypus pilosus (Dasypodidae). Regarding Cyclopedidae, until recently, only one species was recognized, but new genetic studies have revealed that the group is represented by seven species. In this data paper, we compiled a total of 42,528 records of 31 species, represented by occurrence and quantitative data, totaling 24,847 unique georeferenced records. The geographic range is from the southern United States, Mexico, and Caribbean countries at the northern portion of the Neotropics, to the austral distribution in Argentina, Paraguay, Chile, and Uruguay. Regarding anteaters, Myrmecophaga tridactyla has the most records (n = 5,941), and Cyclopes sp. Have the fewest (n = 240). The armadillo species with the most data is Dasypus novemcinctus (n = 11,588), and the fewest data are recorded for Calyptophractus retusus (n = 33). With regard to sloth species, Bradypus variegatus has the most records (n = 962), and Bradypus pygmaeus has the fewest (n = 12). Our main objective with Neotropical Xenarthrans is to make occurrence and quantitative data available to facilitate more ecological research, particularly if we integrate the xenarthran data with other data sets of Neotropical Series that will become. Fil: Marques Santos, Paloma. Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais. Instituto de Ciências Biológicas; Brasil Fil: Bocchiglieri, Adriana. Universidade Federal de Sergipe; Brasil Fil: Garcia Chiarello, Adriano. Universidade de Sao Paulo; Brasil Fil: Pereira Paglia, Adriano. Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais. Instituto de Ciências Biológicas; Brasil Fil: Moreira, Adryelle. Amplo Engenharia e Gestão de Projetos ; Brasil Fil: Abba, Agustin Manuel. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata. Centro de Estudios Parasitológicos y de Vectores. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo. Centro de Estudios Parasitológicos y de Vectores; Argentina Fil: Paviolo, Agustin Javier. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Nordeste. Instituto de Biología Subtropical. Universidad Nacional de Misiones. Instituto de Biología Subtropical; Argentina Fil: Gatica, Ailin. Universidad Nacional de San Luis; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - San Luis. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Investigaciones Biológicas de San Luis. Universidad Nacional de San Luis. Facultad de Ciencias Físico Matemáticas y Naturales. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Investigaciones Biológicas de San Luis; Argentina Fil: Ochoa, Ana Cecilia. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - San Luis. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Investigaciones Biológicas de San Luis. Universidad Nacional de San Luis. Facultad de Ciencias Físico Matemáticas y Naturales. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Investigaciones Biológicas de San Luis; Argentina Fil: de Angelo, Carlos Daniel. Universidad Nacional de Rio Cuarto. Facultad de Cs.exactas Fisicoquimicas y Naturales. Instituto de Ciencias de la Tierra, Biodiversidad y Ambiente. - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas. Centro Cientifico Tecnologico Conicet - Cordoba. Instituto de Ciencias de la Tierra, Biodiversidad y Ambiente.; Argentina Fil: Tellaeche, Cintia Gisele. Universidad Nacional de Jujuy. Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias. Centro de Estudios Ambientales Territoriales y Sociales; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Jujuy. Instituto de Ecorregiones Andinas. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Salta. Instituto de Ecorregiones Andinas; Argentina Fil: Varela, Diego Martin. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Nordeste. Instituto de Biología Subtropical. Instituto de Biología Subtropical - Nodo Puerto Iguazú | Universidad Nacional de Misiones. Instituto de Biología Subtropical. Instituto de Biología Subtropical - Nodo Puerto Iguazú; Argentina Fil: Vanderhoeven, Ezequiel Andres. Ministerio de Salud. Instituto Nacional de Medicina Tropical; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina Fil: Caruso, María Flavia. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Administración de Parques Nacionales. Delegación Regional del Noroeste; Argentina Fil: Arrabal, Juan Pablo. Secretaria de Gobierno de Salud. Instituto Nacional de Medicina Tropical - Sede Puerto Iguazú Misiones; Argentina. Centro de Investigaciones del Bosque Atlántico; Argentina Fil: Iezzi, María Eugenia. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Nordeste. Instituto de Biología Subtropical. Instituto de Biología Subtropical - Nodo Puerto Iguazú | Universidad Nacional de Misiones. Instituto de Biología Subtropical. Instituto de Biología Subtropical - Nodo Puerto Iguazú; Argentina Fil: Di Bitetti, Mario Santiago. Centro de Investigaciones del Bosque Atlántico; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. 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Instituto de Biología Subtropical - Nodo Puerto Iguazú; Argentina Fil: Marás, Gustavo Arnaldo. Administración de Parques Nacionales. Delegación Regional del Noroeste; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina Fil: Camino, Micaela. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Nordeste. Centro de Ecología Aplicada del Litoral. Universidad Nacional del Nordeste. Centro de Ecología Aplicada del Litoral; Argentina Fil: Perovic, Pablo Gastón. Administración de Parques Nacionales. Delegación Regional del Noroeste; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina Fil: Martínez Pardo, Julia. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Nordeste. Instituto de Biología Subtropical. Instituto de Biología Subtropical - Nodo Puerto Iguazú | Universidad Nacional de Misiones. Instituto de Biología Subtropical. Instituto de Biología Subtropical - Nodo Puerto Iguazú; Argentina Fil: Costa, Sebastián Andrés. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Nordeste. Instituto de Biología Subtropical. Instituto de Biología Subtropical - Nodo Puerto Iguazú | Universidad Nacional de Misiones. Instituto de Biología Subtropical. Instituto de Biología Subtropical - Nodo Puerto Iguazú; Argentina Fil: Pinheiro, Fabiana. Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul; Brasil Fil: Volkmer de Castilho, Pedro. Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina; Brasil Fil: Bercê, William. Universidade Estadual Paulista Julio de Mesquita Filho; Brasil Fil: Camara Assis, Julia. Universidade Estadual Paulista Julio de Mesquita Filho. Faculdade de Engenharia.; Brasil Fil: Rodrigues Tonetti, Vinicius. Universidade Estadual Paulista Julio de Mesquita Filho; Brasil Fil: Alves Eigenheer, Milene. Universidade Estadual Paulista Julio de Mesquita Filho; Brasil Fil: Chinem, Simonne. 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2019
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21. Semen analysis parameters from a captive population of the endangered Chacoan peccary (Catagonus wagneri) in Paraguay

Author

Gary West, Juan M. Campos-Krauer, Camille Goblet, and Annie E. Newell-Fugate

Subjects
0106 biological sciences, Chacoan peccary, Male, Animal breeding, media_common.quotation_subject, Population, Semen, Semen analysis, 010603 evolutionary biology, 01 natural sciences, Electroejaculation, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Endocrinology, Animal science, Food Animals, Captive breeding, medicine, Animals, education, media_common, Artiodactyla, education.field_of_study, 030219 obstetrics & reproductive medicine, medicine.diagnostic_test, biology, Endangered Species, General Medicine, biology.organism_classification, Spermatozoa, Semen Analysis, Paraguay, Sperm Motility, Animal Science and Zoology, Reproduction
Abstract

Baseline information about the reproductive physiology of an endangered species is vital to captive breeding programs. This study analyzed reproductive parameters from eleven captive Chacoan peccaries (Catagonus wagneri) (mean age: 10.5 ± 1.2 years old) in Paraguay. After immobilization, testis length, width and firmness (hard to flaccid, 1–3) were assessed, followed by electroejaculation and analysis of semen. Samples were examined for percentage and progressive motility, total cell count, percentage live spermatozoa and morphology. Mean (±SEM) testis volume and firmness were 24.7 ± 1.8 cm3 and 2.1 ± 0.1, respectively. Mean ejaculate volume was 2.9 ± 0.7 ml with a pH of 7.7 ± 0.3. Few male peccaries had motile spermatozoa (n = 5/9) with a mean percentage and progressive motility of 18.3 ± 8.5% and 0.6 ± 0.3, respectively. The mean percentage of live spermatozoa was 25.1 ± 5.6%. Male peccaries had a low percentage of normal spermatozoa (12.4 ± 2.5%). The mean total count of spermatozoa per ejaculate was also quite low at 1.58 ± 1.01 million total spermatozoa per ejaculate. Spermatozoa defects were predominantly primary (77.7%) with the most common spermatozoa defects being tapered head (19.0 ± 7.4%), diadem/crater (17.7 ± 2.8%), and excess residual cytoplasm (9.6 ± 2.5%). Male age was not correlated with semen parameters (percent live: r=-0.19; motility percentage: r = 0.01; percent normal spermatozoa: r = 0.38; total count: r = 0.29; p>0.05). Evaluation of additional males from this population as well as other captive populations at various time points during the year is warranted.

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2018

22. Molecular characterization of a novel reassortment Mammalian orthoreovirus type 2 isolated from a Florida white-tailed deer fawn

Author

Thomas B. Waltzek, Kuttichantran Subramaniam, Mohammad Shamim Ahasan, Samantha M. Wisely, Juan M. Campos Krauer, Vsevolod L. Popov, Katherine A. Sayler, Julia C. Loeb, and John A. Lednicky

Subjects
Cancer Research, Farms, Orthoreovirus, Mammalian, Reassortment, Reoviridae, Spleen, Odocoileus, Kidney, Virus, 03 medical and health sciences, Virology, biology.animal, Chlorocebus aethiops, medicine, Animals, Mink, Lung, Vero Cells, Gene, Phylogeny, 030304 developmental biology, 0303 health sciences, biology, 030306 microbiology, Deer, biology.organism_classification, Infectious Diseases, medicine.anatomical_structure, Florida, Vero cell, Reassortant Viruses
Abstract

Mammalian orthoreovirus (MRV) is the type species of the genus Orthoreovirus and causes a range of significant respiratory, nervous or enteric diseases in humans and animals. In 2016 a farmed white-tailed deer ( Odocoileus virginianus ) fawn became ill, displaying clinical signs of lethargy, dehydration, and profuse foul-smelling diarrhea. A necropsy was performed after the three-week-old fawn died and various tissue samples were submitted to the University of Florida’s Cervidae Health Research Initiative for diagnostic evaluation. Aliquots of homogenized heart, liver, and spleen tissues were inoculated onto Vero E6 cells. After virus-specific cytopathic effects (CPE) were detected in Vero cells inoculated with spleen homogenate, infected cells were fixed in glutaraldehyde and analyzed by transmission electron microscopy (TEM), which revealed icosahedral virus particles approximately 75 nm in diameter with morphologies consistent with those of reoviruses within the cytoplasm of the infected cells. RNA extracted from virions in the spent media of infected cells with advanced CPE was used to prepare a cDNA library, which was sequenced using an Illumina MiSeq sequencer. Complete genome sequences for ten separate reovirus segments were attained, and these indicated the isolated agent was a MRV. Genetic and phylogenetic analyses based on the outer capsid sigma-1 (σ1) protein gene sequences supported the Florida white-tailed fawn isolate as a type 2 MRV that branched as the sister group to a MRV-2 strain previously characterized from the urine of a moribund lion ( Panthera leo ) in Japan. However, analyses based on 7/10 genes (L1-L2, M2-M3, S2-S4) supported the white-tailed deer MRV as the closest relative to a type 3 MRV strain isolated from a dead mink in China. These data suggest the white-tailed deer MRV may have resulted from the natural reassortment of MRVs originating from multiple wildlife species. To our knowledge, this is the first detection of MRV-2 infection in a white-tailed deer. Continued surveillance efforts are needed to determine whether this MRV-2 strain poses a health threat to farmed white-tailed deer populations.

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2019
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23. Land-cover change in the Paraguayan Chaco: 2000–2011

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Steven Sherwood, Juan M. Campos Krauer, Marcellus M. Caldas, Douglas G. Goodin, and Samantha M. Wisely

Subjects
Land use, business.industry, Ecology, Geography, Planning and Development, Environmental resource management, Subtropics, Land cover, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Geography, Proximate and ultimate causation, Deforestation, Land use, land-use change and forestry, Moderate-resolution imaging spectroradiometer, Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, business, Earth-Surface Processes
Abstract

Land-use and land-cover change has been a topic that has called the attention of the scientific community for decades. Because of the importance of tropical and subtropical forest ecosystems, investigations into the causes and processes (e.g., underlying and proximate causation) that drive land use and land-cover change have typically concentrated on these regions. Consequently, little work has been done to understand the proximate and underlying drivers of land use and land-cover change in one of the least disturbed forests worldwide, the Paraguayan dry Chaco in South America. This article attempts to fill this gap in the literature by focusing on the processes and drivers behind land-cover change in the Paraguayan Chaco. More specifically, this article links underlying and proximate causes to regional land-cover change. To accomplish this task the study makes use of Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) data and census data. Results show major land-cover changes. Different from other dry...

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2013
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24. Deforestation and cattle ranching drive rapid range expansion of capybara in the Gran Chaco ecosystem

Author

Samantha M. Wisely and Juan M. Campos-Krauer

Subjects
mtDNA control region, Ecological niche, Global and Planetary Change, Herbivore, Ecology, Range (biology), Biology, Environmental niche modelling, Habitat, Deforestation, Environmental Chemistry, Ecosystem, General Environmental Science
Abstract

Anthropogenic habitat alteration has the capacity to alter the distribution of species. Capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) are a widely distributed rodent throughout most of South America, but are restricted to areas of standing water. As the Gran Chaco ecosystem of Paraguay is converted from dry tropical forest to pastureland, we hypothesize that this alteration creates potential for invasion by capybara into newly fragmented areas. We surveyed throughout the Chaco to estimate the distribution of capybara, and we collected noninvasive genetic samples. We used ecological niche modeling based on six environmental or climatic variables, and we modeled both the current distribution of capybara and the distribution of capybara 80 years ago. We then verified the hypothesized demographic signal generated with our model using phylogeographic analyses of 386 bp of the mtDNA control region. Comparison of present and past models suggested that populations expanded into the Gran Chaco after forest was converted to pastureland. Analyses of the mitochondrial D-loop supported the rapid range expansion scenario. We also found evidence of secondary contact of two distinct phylogroups which had previously been disjunct. Anthropogenic land transformation appeared to be a major factor influencing the distribution, as predicted by the niche model and confirmed by genetic data. Habitat modification altered connectivity of populations across the landscape. In addition, long separated clades of capybara are now admixed throughout the Paraguayan Chaco. The invasion of a large bodied herbivore into the High Chaco region may exacerbate the degradation of forest and prevent forest regeneration. As the reservoir host of several zoonotic diseases, the expansion and contact of two previously disjunct capybara populations has implications for disease emergence.

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2010
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25. Rango de Hogar y uso de Hábitat de Carpinchos en Pastizales recién invadido en el Chaco Seco de Paraguay

Author

Victor Robles, Juan M. Campos-Krauer, Richard T. Golightly, Samantha M. Wisely, and Ivan K. Benitez

Subjects
geography, geography.geographical_feature_category, ved/biology, Ecology, Home range, ved/biology.organism_classification_rank.species, Forestry, Significant negative correlation, Deserts and xeric shrublands, Shrub, Pasture, Invasive species, Habitat, Significant positive correlation, Animal Science and Zoology
Abstract

Results: The results show that the average home range of capybaras was 183 ha, similar to reported home ranges of capybaras in the Brazilian Pantanal. Within the study area, capybaras used and selected water significantly more than Chaco forest and pasture land, and had lower than expected use of shrub forest. Overall, capybaras were located 95% of the time < 500 m from permanent water, with the greatest distances from water occurring at 3:00 and 5:00 AM. Average year round body temperature was 36.15 °C. There was a significant positive correlation between body temperature and distance from water, and a significant negative correlation between distance from water and Chaco ambient temperature. Discussion: These findings suggest that capybaras use water to thermoregulate. The results show how anthropogenic habitat modification has allowed capybaras to thrive in a harsh xeric environment, and assists us in understanding how capybaras can expand into deforested areas. This study provides valuable information for the future management of the species in the Dry Chaco region of Paraguay.

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2005
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26. A Case of Severe Abomasal Sand Impaction in a Farmed White-Tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) in Florida

Author

Alireza Rahmani Shahraki, João H. J. Bittar, Samantha M. Wisely, and Juan M. Campos-Krauer

Subjects
deer, abomasal impaction, sand, Florida, Veterinary medicine, SF600-1100, Zoology, QL1-991
Abstract

The University of Florida’s Cervidae Health Research Initiative (CHeRI) conducted a post-mortem examination of a two-year-old white-tailed doe deceased at a northern Florida white-tailed deer farm. The carcass of the deer had notable emaciation and bloating. Upon opening of the carcass, there was pneumonia and the rumen was tympanic and enlarged. Additionally, the abomasum was distended and contained approximately 5 kg of sand. It is not uncommon for white-tailed deer to engage in geophagia (eating soil or sand), which typically does not result in diseases or fatalities. However, in this animal, we suspect a chronic process that created a physical barrier, hindering nutrient absorption and resulting in physical irritation of the abomasal mucosa with subsequent inflammation. This may have caused a disturbance in immune system function, allowing opportunistic bacteria to colonize and invade other organs, such as the lungs, contributing to the animal’s death.

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2024
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