First Report of Woodchucks (Marmota monax; Sciuridae) in the City of Derby, Sedgwick County, Kansas; Successful Adaptation to a Suburban Environment

2018 ◽  
Vol 121 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 119-124 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael J. Everhart
2020 ◽  
pp. 142-147
Author(s):  
Shaswati Chakraborty ◽  
Dipalok Karmaker ◽  
Subroto Kumar Das ◽  
Riyad Hossen

Phytoplanktons, also called microalgae, are microscopic photosynthetic living organisms that generally found in aquatic environments. Although they are considered as the most important primary producers and bioindicators of aquatic ecosystems, there was no previous report found for Barishal City about these tiny organisms. Consequently, the present study selected 10 freshwater reservoirs from the city to investigate phytoplankton communities and listed 110 taxa under 4 phyla, 7 classes, 18 orders, 24 families and 49 genera. The distribution of Chlorophytes was abundant relatively in terms of species number (45 taxa) followed by Euglenophytes, Chlorophytes and Cyanophytes in this area. Only Euglenaceae possessed one-third of the total species of this report. Among all stations, the highest number of taxa was recorded from station 2 and according to nine biodiversity indices, the station 2 and 9 showed comparatively good results. All of the recorded taxa were previously mentioned by different authors from Bangladesh.


2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 8-22 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hartanto Yuwo ◽  
John B. Ford ◽  
Mustika Sufiati Purwanegara

This study examines in detail the use of customer-based brand equity for a tourism destination (CBBETD) as a strategic tool for use with a specific city (Bandung City, Indonesia in this instance). The CBBETD scale developed by Konecnik (2005) and empiricized by Konecnik and Gartner (2007) was successfully adapted using qualitative and quantitative refinements for the city of Bandung. A sample of 400 visitors to Bandung was surveyed, and empirical psychometric assessment was run. The scale required minor adaptations but was found to be appropriate for use in this new context. The components of customer-based brand equity for a tourism destination were found to be: awareness, image, quality and loyalty. The successful adaptation of the scale is encouraging as it provides strategic insight on strengthening destination positioning in the minds of both current and future tourists. Managerial implications and suggestions for future research are provided.


2021 ◽  
Vol 51 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Roberto Darwin Coello-Peralta ◽  
Nelson Catito Cabrera Solórzano ◽  
Kevin Andrés Ruiz Peñafiel ◽  
María de Lourdes Salazar Mazamba ◽  
Enrique Omar Reyes Echeverria

ABSTRACT: The prevalence of trypanosomiasis in sheep is of worldwide concern. It is a hemoparasitic disease caused by the protozoan Trypanosoma (T) spp., andthe biological cycle of transmission involves susceptible hosts and certain hematophagous flies, such as Tabanids and Stomoxys. The objective of this study was to determine the presence of Trypanosomasp. in sheep (Ovisaries). Through an applied, descriptive-prospective-cross-sectional qualitative study conducted between October 1, 2018, and January 29, 2019, blood samples extracted from the jugular vein were analyzed by the blood smear method using 2 Romanowsky staining techniques (Giemsa and Diff-Quick). Animals studied were between ages of 3 and 10 years, coming from 3 farms in the city of Colimes (Ecuador). Of 100 sampled and processed animals, 2 (2%) were positive for Trypanosoma sp., constituting the first report of this hemoparasite in sheep in Ecuador, and 1 case of Babesia spp. (1%) and 4 cases of Anaplasma marginale (4%) were also identified. However, none of these cases presented symptomatology of any hemotropic-parasitic disease. Subsequently, the positive animals were dewormed.The presence of these parasites wasconfirmedat the study site and,thus, could become a serious animal health problem.


2019 ◽  
Vol 28 (4) ◽  
pp. 677-684
Author(s):  
Juliana Souza Ribeiro ◽  
Francisco Carlos Rodrigues de Oliveira ◽  
Nicole Brand Ederli

Abstract Clarias gariepinus is a fish from North of South Africa and was later introduced in several countries, including Brazil. The present study aimed to describe the first report of Diplostomidae metacercariae in C. gariepinus in Brazil. For this, 30 C. gariepinus were captured in a lake in the city of Campos dos Goytacazes, RJ, Brazil. Fishes were euthanized using freezing and necropsied for collection of parasites. The organs were dissected and analyzed for the presence of parasites that were processed for light and scanning electron microscopy. Trematodes were stained with Semichon’s Carmine and Gomori’s Trichrome, observed and schematized under a light microscope with image analysis software. A total of 190 trematodes were collected from the gills, suprabranchial organs, heart, stomach, intestinal mesentery, liver and body cavity of the fish. The parasites had a foliaceous body divided by a discrete constriction, without genital primordia, and a holdfast organ present at the posterior region, typical of metacercariae of the family Diplostomidae. It was classified as the 'Diplostomulum' morphotype, based on the morphology of the reserve bladder structure. This is the first report of the metacercariae of Diplostomidae parasitizing C. gariepinus in the Americas. This fish acts as an intermediate or paratenic host of this digenean in Brazil.


2020 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 43
Author(s):  
Francisco Jorge Carlos Souza Junior ◽  
Mayara Castro Assunção ◽  
Liany Regina Bezerra de Oliveira Silva ◽  
Jaime Corbiniano Santos Neto ◽  
Arielena Augusta Rodrigues Mello

Momordica charantia roots showing symptoms of root-knot disease were collected from vegetable gardens in the city of Recife, PE, Brazil. Through morphological and enzymatic characterization and molecular analysis of ITS and 28S rDNA regions, Meloidogyne incognita was identified. This is the first report of this species in M. charantia in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil.


Check List ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 9 (5) ◽  
pp. 1098 ◽  
Author(s):  
Helton Charllys Batista Cardôso ◽  
Emmanoela Nascimento Ferreira ◽  
Bruna Queiroz da Silva ◽  
Luiz Carlos Serramo Lopez

Mesocyclops ogunnus is a copepod originally recorded in Africa and Asia, being considered an invader species in reservoirs in the Americas. The present work records its occurrence in northeastern Brazil for the first time. This species was collected in the Três Lagoas region in the city of João Pessoa, State of Paraíba, Brazil, which increases its geographical distribution beyond the central-western, southeastern and southern regions of the country.


Author(s):  
Manuel Ampuero ◽  
Santiago Valenzuela ◽  
Fernando Valiente-Echeverría ◽  
Ricardo Soto-Rifo ◽  
Gonzalo P. Barriga ◽  
...  

AbstractThe detection of viruses in sewage is a method of environmental surveillance, which allows evaluating the circulation of different viruses in a community. This study presents the first results of sewage surveillance to detect the circulation of SARS-CoV-2 virus in Santiago, Chile. Using ultracentrifugation associated with RT-qPCR, we detected SARS-CoV-2 in untreated and treated wastewater samples obtained two treatment plants, which together process around 85% of the wastewater from the city. This is the first report of detection of SARS-CoV-2 in sewage in Chile and indicates that wastewater surveillance could be a sensitive tool useful as a predictive marker of the circulation of the virus in a population and therefore, be used as an early warning tool.


2021 ◽  
Vol 37 (3) ◽  
pp. 161-163
Author(s):  
José I. Torres-Avendaño ◽  
Edith H. Torres-Montoya ◽  
José M. Zazueta-Moreno ◽  
Juan J. Ríos-Tostado ◽  
Reyna L. López-Mendoza ◽  
...  

ABSTRACT Mosquito larvae were collected in the urban area of the city of Culiacan, Sinaloa, in September of 2020. The immature stages were placed in emergence containers and fed with Aedes aegypti larvae. The adults that emerged from the immature stages were mounted on insect pins and characterized based on their morphology. The species corresponded morphologically to Toxorhynchites moctezuma, making this the first report of the species for the state of Sinaloa, Mexico. Similarities and morphological variations are discussed with previous analysis for this species.


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