Aquatic animals
D-Track—A semi-automatic 3D video-tracking technique to analyse movements and routines of aquatic animals with application to captive dolphins
... To overcome the obstacles to animal tracking in a large pool with varying depths, we devel- oped D-Track, a software that tracks aquatic animals in their habitat, without disturbance. This novel methodology ...
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RECORDS OF CHIRONOMIDAE LARVAE LIVING ON OTHER AQUATIC ANIMALS IN BRAZIL
... The primary scope of the present work is to present an updated list of the records of chironomids living on other aquatic animals in Brazilian aquatic systems, including sev- eral new concurrencies. ...
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Sperm handling in aquatic animals for artificial reproduction
... captive animals, techniques vary widely across taxa, and include stripping by abdominal massage or testis surgical removal in fish, spermatophore collection in penaeid shrimps, gonadal scarification or temperature ...
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Rev. Soc. Bras. Med. Trop. vol.43 número5
... by aquatic animals, whether marine or freshwater, are common and can be observed in many situations, causing painful processes, necrosis, mutilation, high morbidity and even ...
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Estimates of DNA strand breakage in bottlenose dolphin ( Tursiops truncatus)
... The analysis of DNA damage by mean of Comet or single cell gel electrophoresis (SCGE) assay has been commonly used to assess genotoxic impact in aquatic animals being able to detect exposure to low ...
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Rhabdomyolysis secondary to an accident with marine stingray (Dasyatis family)
... Abstract: Whenever humans come in touch with the sea, they become vulnerable to risks, most frequently on account of invading a habitat that belongs to potentially harmful aquatic animals. World literature ...
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Cryobanking of aquatic species
... for aquatic germplasm resources came in 1990 when national legislation was passed that provided the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) with a mandate to conserve ani- mal genetic resources (Blackburn, ...and ...
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Macrófitas aquáticas em áreas úmidas naturais e manejadas do Rio Grande do Sul, sul do Brasil
... Rice fields must not be viewed as surrogate systems for natural wetlands, given that natural wetlands are complex systems that have several functions (e.g. aquifer recharging, climatic stability and water storage). ...
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Rev. Bras. Reumatol. vol.56 número6
... of aquatic exercise for six weeks, with the progression of the volume and degree of difficulty of the exercises; these authors reported signif- icant improvement in isometric muscle strength of the hip, as ...
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Bottom-up regulation of phytoplankton in the Guadiana estuary
... Phytoplankton are key players in the aquatic environment and they can be effectively used to understand and predict the functioning and production of aquatic ecosystems. Give[r] ...
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MATERIALS AND METHODS Animals
... As shown, group II animals had no granulomas nor did they present thick reticulin or collagen fibers type I . On the contrary, most (83%) mice infected with viable conidia, exhibited both elements. These findings ...
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DERMATOPHYTOSES IN DOMESTICATED ANIMALS
... 538 animals with clinically suggestive ...214 animals were proved to be positive for dermatophytes either by microscopy, culture or ...domestic animals according to the States where samples were ...
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MATERIALS AND METHODS Animals
... In this study, we analyzed the protective effect of OPZ against renal fibrosis in a rat UUO model, a well - established in vivo model of renal fibrosis. Our study confirmed the protec[r] ...
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MATERIAL AND METHODS Animals
... The animals were housed in steel ca- ges, cleaned twice a week, and put in a control- led environment with a temperature of 22±2ºC, with adequate humidity and artifi cial light in a photoperiod of 12/12 ...
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MATERIALS AND METHOD Animals
... In two from 12 kennels, there was at least one AGID positive animal, but neither Brucella spp. could be isolated nor clinical signs compatible with brucellosis could be assigned (Table 3). In this case, the results can ...
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Effects of hydrological regime and connectivity on the interannual variation in taxonomic similarity of periphytic algae
... The aim of this study was to analyze the effects of flood pulses (intensity) on the richness and composition of peri- phytic algae in lentic environments of the Upper Paraná River floodplain, over a six-year period. ...
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Comparative feeding ecology and habitats use of Crenicichla species (Perciformes: Cichlidae) in a Venezuelan floodplain river
... and aquatic insects (mostly Odonata, Ephemeroptera, Trichoptera) followed by fish scales and detritus (Table ...2). Aquatic insects were the most important food category for ...
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Protease Inhibitors from Marine Venomous Animals and Their Counterparts in Terrestrial Venomous Animals
... It is suggested that the evolution process of Kunitz-type toxins has probably three stages: old functional molecules, bi-functional toxins and new function toxins [14]. Thus, some Kunitz-type protease inhibitors could ...
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Effects of a large irrigation reservoir on aquatic and riparian plants: a history of survival and loss
... Rivers and humans compete for territory, water, and ecological resources. Dams are undoubtedly one of the major factors that unbalance those disputing relationships by threatening the fluvial ecosystem structure, ...
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Braz. J. Phys. Ther. vol.14 número3
... he objective of this study was to investigate whether a lower-limb muscle strengthening program, conducted either in an aquatic or in a non-aquatic environment, would be ca- pable of improving older adults’ ...
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