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    • Granda Rodríguez, Hernán D.; Montes Correa, Andrés Camilo; Jiménez Bolaño, Juan David; Alaniz, Alberto J.; Cattan Ayala, Pedro; Hernáez, Patricio (Amphibian & Reptile Conservation, 2020)
      Atelopus laetissimus is a bufonid toad that inhabits the mountainous areas of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta (SNSM), Colombia. This species is endemic and endangered, so information about its ecology and distribution are ...
    • Briceño Urzúa, Cristóbal; González Acuña, Daniel; Jiménez, Jaime E.; Bornscheuer, María Loreto; Funk, Stephan M.; Knapp, Leslie A. (Wildlife Disease Association, 2020)
      We found the ear mite parasite (Otodectes cynotis; Acari: Psoroptidae) in two distant insular endangered fox populations in Chile. We identified O. cynotis in both the Darwin's fox (Pseudalopex fulvipes) from Chiloe and ...
    • Mendoza, Hugo; Rubio Carrasco, André; García Peña, Gabriel E.; García Pena, Gabriel; Suzan, Gerardo; Simonetti Zambelli, Javier (Springer, 2020)
      Land-use change can raise the risk of human exposure to zoonotic diseases by increasing abundance of reservoir hosts. In this study, we conducted a meta-analysis on the associations between land-use change and the abundance ...
    • Ortúzar, Juan; Dogan, Onay; Sotomayor, Gustavo; Jiménez Tapia, Constanza; Clarke, Jennifer; Flores, Rolando; Gray, George; Rupnow, John; Wang, Bing (Elsevier, 2020)
      National governments are moving to integrate risk analysis frameworks into food safety management systems at the country level. However, this process is less advanced in developing countries. In this context, the Chilean ...
    • Astorga, Marcela; Cárdenas, Leyla; Pérez, Montse; Toro, Jorge; Martínez Moncada, Víctor; Farías, Ana; Uriarte, Iker (National Shellfiheries Association, 2020)
      To ensure the maintenance of natural mussel beds along the southeastern Pacific coast of Chile, it is important to understand their population dynamics. This means evaluating their genetic population structure and gene ...
    • Siel, Daniela; Ubilla, María José; Vidal Vilches, Sonia; Loaiza Farias, Alexandra; Quiroga Ardiles, John; Cifuentes Ramos, Federico; Hardman, Timothy; Lapierre Acevedo, Lisette; Paredes, Rodolfo; Sáenz Iturriaga, Leonardo (MDPI, 2020)
      Simple Summary Population control of free-roaming dogs is a topic of great interest worldwide. Immunocastration (immune blockade of GnRH-I, the hormone that commands reproductive ability) has emerged as a complementary ...
    • Ariede, Raquel B.; Freitas, Milena V.; Agudelo, John; Borges, Carolina; Lira, Lieschen; Yoshida, Grazyella; Pilarski, Fabiana; Yáñez López, José M.; Hashimoto, Diogo T. (Elsevier, 2020)
      Tambaqui (Colossoma macropomum) is the main native fish farmed in South American continental aquaculture. One of the major pathogens affecting world fresh water aquaculture is the bacterium Aeromonas hydrophila, which ...
    • Pérez Venegas, Diego J.; Toro Valdivieso, Constanza; Ayala, Félix; Brito, Beatriz; Iturra, Lunna; Arriagada, Maite; Seguel, Mauricio; Barrios, Carmen; Sepúlveda, Maritza; Oliva, Doris; Cárdenas Alayza, Susana; Urbina, Mauricio A.; Jorquera, Alberto; Castro Nallar, Eduardo; Galbán Malagón, Cristóbal (Elsevier, 2020)
      Repeated reports of microplastic pollution in the marine pinniped diet have emerged in the last years. However, only few studies address the drivers of microplastics presence and the potential implications for monitoring ...
    • Naval Sánchez, Marina; McWilliam, Sean; Evans, Bradley; Yáñez López, José; Houston, Ross D.; Kijas, James W. (Frontiers Media, 2020)
      The introduction of wild Atlantic salmon into captivity, and their subsequent artificial selection for production traits, has caused phenotypic differences between domesticated fish and their wild counterparts. Identification ...
    • Ramírez Toloza, Galia; Sosoniuk Roche, Eduardo; Valck Calderón, Carolina; Aguilar Guzmán, Lorena; Ferreira, Viviana; Ferreira Vigouroux, Luis (Elsevier, 2020)
      To successfully infect, Trypanosome cruzi evades and modulates the host immune response. T. cruzi calreticulin (TcCalr) is a multifunctional, endoplasmic reticulum (ER)-resident chaperone that, translocated to the external ...
    • Barahona Segovia, Rodrigo; Paninao Monsálvez, Laura (Magnolia Press, 2020)
    • Yáñez López, José; Yoshida, Grazyella; Barría, Agustín; Palma Véjares, Ricardo; Travisany, Dante; Díaz Madrid, Diego; Cáceres Cruz, Giovanna; Cádiz, María I.; López, María E.; Lhorente, Jean P.; Jedlicki, Ana; Soto, José; Salas, Diego; Maass Sepúlveda, Alejandro (Springer, 2020)
      Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) is the second most important farmed fish in the world and a sustainable source of protein for human consumption. Several genetic improvement programs have been established for this ...
    • Alessandri, Noelle; Durán, Emerson; Valenzuela, Carolina (Soc Chilena Nutrición, 2020)
      The objective of this review was to compare the nutritional characteristics and quality of tinamou eggs. Tinamou eggs have less ether extract and protein in the yolk, they also have a similar quantity of protein in the egg ...
    • Fierro Tapia, Andrés; Vergara Egert, Pablo; Grez Villarroel, Audrey; Alaniz Baeza, Alberto; Carvajal, Mario; Lizama, Marlene E.; Ramírez Hernández, Alfredo (Springer, 2020)
      Context Although saproxylic beetles use deadwood in industrial exotic forest plantations, deadwood and historical land use patterns may interact among each other making difficult the implementation sustainable management ...
    • Vargas-Bello-Pérez, Einar; Geldsetzer Mendoza, Carolina; Cancino Padilla, Nathaly; Morales, María; Leskinen, Heidi; Garnsworthy, Philip C.; Loor, Juan J.; Romero Ormazábal, Jaime (MDPI, 2020)
      Simple Summary This study analyzed effects of vegetable oils fed to dairy cows on abundance of genes related to lipid metabolism in milk somatic cells (MSC). During 63 days (9 weeks), 15 cows were allocated to 3 treatments: ...
    • Vargas-Bello-Pérez, Einar; Bionaz, Massimo; Garrido Sartore, Macarena; Cancino Padilla, Nathaly; Morales, María Sol; Romero Ormazábal, Jaime; Leskinen, Heidi; Garnsworthy, Philip C.; Loor, Juan J. (MDPI, 2020)
      Simple Summary: The objective of this study was to determine the effects of degree of unsaturation of dietary lipids on lipid-related metabolites and transcription of genes involved in lipid metabolism in subcutaneous ...
    • Vargas Fernández, Andrés; Sánchez, Marianela; Díaz Soler, Felipe; Vásquez Quitral, Patricio; Yazdani Pedram, Mehrdad; Neira Carrillo, Andrónico (Amer Chemical Soc, 2020)
      The electrocrystallization (EC) of calcium oxalate (CaOx) crystals in the presence of multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) functionalized with itaconic acid (IA) and the monoester derivatives mono-methylitaconate or ...
    • Sacristán, Irene; Esperón, Fernando; Acuña, Francisca; Aguilar, Emilio; García, Sebastián; López, María José; Cevidanes, Aitor; Neves, Elena; Cabello, Javier; Hidalgo Hermoso, Ezequiel; Poulin, Elie; Millán, Javier; Napolitano, Constanza (Elsevier, 2020)
      Antimicrobial resistance is a global emerging public health issue whose presence and impact in wildlife are widely unknown. Antimicrobial resistance genes (ARGs) are considered environmental contaminants, suitable to ...
    • Meléndez, Pedro; Ramírez, Romina; Marín, María P.; Duchens Arancibia, Mario (Elsevier, 2020)
      The objective of this study was to compare the effect of linseed and canola expeller on average daily weight gain (ADG), concentrate intakes, incidence of diarrhea, serum haptoglobin, interleukin (IL)-1, and resolvin-E1 ...
    • Dettleff Faúndes, Phillip; Hernández, E.; Partridge, Gavin; Lafarga de la Cruz, Fabiola; Martínez, V. (Elsevier, 2020)
      The yellowtail kingfish (Seriola lalandi) is a marine endemic fish, and a key species in the national programme for the diversification of Chilean aquaculture. Since it has been recently developed from wild fish, the biology ...