Advances in Animal Science and Zoology. Volume 8

$275.00

Owen P. Jenkins (Editor)

Series: Advances in Animal Science and Zoology
BISAC: SCI070000

This book presents a comprehensive review of recent advances in animal science and zoology research. Chapters included in this volume: Biomarkers of Thermal Adaptation: New Tools in Sustainable Livestock Production under Climate Change; studies of spatial ecology of mammals in which non-invasive methods were used (including mapping of scats, latrines, snow-tracking, scent stations, collecting feces and using remote cameras); the geographic distribution, general characteristics, social organization, communication, eating habits, behavior and illegal trade of Capuchin monkeys; data about helminths endoparasites of Brazilian bats as well as their hosts and infection sites; the obligate intracellular parasite that infects mononuclear leukocytes; key clinical, epidemiological and diagnostic methods for cryptosporidiosis in birds; a presentation of the main habitats where sand flies can be found in some of Brazil’s leishmaniasis-endemic regions; a discussion on the morphophysiology of tarantula spider hemolytes and bioactive molecules isolated from hemocytes and hemolymph; the results of studies on cryptosporidiosis in reptiles and their importance to veterinary medicine and public health; recent zooarchaeological data from several sites of the northern Maya area; the importance of water sources in the epidemiology of certain protozoans and the preservation of animal genetic resources, by obtaining insemination doses of semen free of reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) from three genetically valuable lines of boars.
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Preface

Chapter 1
Biomarkers of Thermal Adaptation: New Tools in Sustainable Livestock Production under Climate Change
(Ana Mira Geraldo, Elsa Lamy, Cristina Conceição Pinheiro, Orlando Lopes, Fernando Capela e Silva, Alfredo Pereira, Institute of Mediterranean Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, University of Évora, Évora, Portugal, and others)

Chapter 2
Non-Invasive Methods in Studies of Spatial Ecology of Mammals — A Review
(Kaarina Kauhala, Natural Resources Institute Finland, Turku, Finland)

Chapter 3
New World Capuchin Monkeys: Characteristics and Major Threats
(Stéphanie Mota, Marta Pereira, Adriano Fernandes, Thiago Nery, Jair Azevedo, Felisbina Luisa Queiroga, Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro, Vila Real, Portugal, and others)

Chapter 4
Helminths of Brazilian Bats
(Daniel Fontana Ferreira Cardia, José Hairton Tebaldi, Adjair Antônio do Nascimento, Estevam Guilherme Lux Hoppe, and Katia Denise Saraiva Bresciani, UNIRP, Centro Universitário de Rio Preto, Curso de Medicina Veterinária, São José do Rio Preto, São Paulo, Brazil, and others)

Chapter 5
Ehrlichia spp. in Wild Carnivores
(Bruno César Miranda Oliveira, Walter Bertequini Nagata, Milena Araúz Viol, Flavio Sader Corbucci, Sandra Valéria Inácio, Mariele Fernanda da Cruz Panegossi, Alex Akira Nakamura, Jancarlo Ferreira Gomes, Katia Denise Saraiva Bresciani, UNESP, Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária de Araçatuba, Araçatuba, São Paulo, Brazil, and others)

Chapter 6
Cryptosporidiosis in Birds
(Mariele Fernanda da Cruz Panegossi, Felipe Yoshio Fukumori, Walter Bertequini Nagata, Elís Domingos Ferrari, Alex Akira Nakamura, Sandra Valéria Inácio, Bruno César Miranda Oliveira, Milena Araúz Viol, Jancarlo Ferreira Gomes, Katia Denise Saraiva Bresciani, UNESP, Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária de Araçatuba, Araçatuba, São Paulo, Brazil, and others)

Chapter 7
Main Sand Fly Habitats in Brazil’s Leishmaniasis-Endemic Regions
(Graziella Borges Alves, Victoria Carter, Katia Denise Saraiva Bresciani, Reginaldo Peçanha Brazil, Entomologist – Fundação para o Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico em Saúde (FIOTEC). Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and others)

Chapter 8
Hemolymph and Hemocytes of Tarantula Spiders: Physiological Roles and Potential as Sources of Bioactive Molecules
(Tatiana Soares, Thiago H. Napoleão, Felipe R.B. Ferreira and Patrícia M.G. Paiva, Departamento de Bioquímica, Centro de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Cidade Universitária, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil)
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Chapter 9
Cryptosporidiosis in Reptiles
(Alex Akira Nakamura, Bruno César Miranda Oliveira, Sandra Valéria Inácio, Katia Denise Saraiva Bresciani, Marcelo Vasconcelos Meireles, UNESP, Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária de Araçatuba, Araçatuba, São Paulo, Brazil)

Chapter 10
The Role of Taphonomy in Maya Zooarchaeology
(Christopher M. Götz, Carlos Andrés García Paz, Coordinator of the Zooarchaeology Laboratory, Faculty of Anthropological Sciences, Autonomous University of Yucatán, Mérida, Yucatán, México, and others)

Chapter 11
Importance of Water in Environmental Placement of Infection by Cryptosporidium spp.
(Sandra Valéria Inácio, Jancarlo Ferreira Gomes, Luiz da Silveira Neto, Bruno César Miranda Oliveira, João Gabriel Balizardo Carvalho, Mariele Fernanda da Cruz Panegossi, Walter Bertequini Nagata, Lucas Shigaki de Matos, Milena Araúz Viol, Alex Akira Nakamura, Katia Denise Saraiva Bresciani, UNESP, Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária de Araçatuba, Araçatuba, São Paulo, Brasil, and others)

Chapter 12
Obtaining PRRSV-Free Offspring of Genetically Valuable Lines of the Přeštice Black-Pied Breed from PRRSV-Positive Pig Breeding
(A. Lustyková, S. Frydrychová, J. Seifert, P. Daněk and M. Rozkot, Institute of Animal Science Prague, Department of Pig Breeding Kostelec nad Orlicí, Czech Republic)

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