Zoos
Detection of Leishmania infantum DNA in captive wild mammals from an urban zoo in a visceral leishmaniasis-endemic area of Brazil
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Background
Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is a complex zoonotic disease transmitted to humans through the bites of Leishmania-infected phlebotomine sand flies (Diptera:Psychodidae:Phlebotominae). Its transmission dynamics are...
CONSERVATION
Animals
Colombia moves to kill Pablo Escobar’s ‘cocaine hippos’ amid ecological threat
Colombia will euthanize dozens of invasive hippos descended from animals once owned by drug lord Pablo Escobar, in a controversial move underscoring the growing...
Zoos
conservation
Lawsuit filed over lack of Flathead Conservation District representative on county planning board
The Flathead Conservation District filed suit against county officials on March 20 after its spot was left vacant on the county planning board this...





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