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| Wippich Whitean, C.; Matushima, E.R.; Cavalcanti Confalonieri, S.E.; das Dores Correia Palha, M.; de Socorro Lima da Silva, A.; Concei‡Æo Monteiro, V. | |
| Human and domestic animal populations as a potential threat to wild carnivore conservation in a fragmented landscape from the Eastern Brazilian Amazon | |
| 2007 Biological Conservation (138): 296 | |
Hydroelectric projects are one of the well known factors responsible for habitat loss and fragmentation in the Amazon. The Tucuru¡ Lake Protected Area (Tucuru¡ Lake APA), in the state of Par , Brazil, Eastern Brazilian Amazon, is under the influence of the Tucuru¡ dam. Zones of wildlife protection (ZWPs), where no human activities should be allowed, were created inside this protected area. However, human populations and their domestic animals still reside within the ZWPs. Domestic carnivores have been implicated in wild carnivore population declines, particularly in Africa, as a consequence of disease transmission, especially involving the canine distemper virus. This study examined the seroprevalence of antibodies to this pathogen in domestic dogs from the ZWPs and its immediate surroundings at the Tucuru¡ Lake Protected Area, and revealed 27% seropositivity. Wild carnivore species such as the jaguar (_Panthera onca_), puma (_Puma concolor_), ocelot (_Leopardus pardalis_), coati (_Nasua nasua_), among others, inhabit the ZWPs and information provided by the local community indicates their close contact with the human and domestic dog populations. Such evidence supports the concern that relates the presence of the domestic dogs to disease transmission and conservation risks for wild carnivores in the ZWPs of the Tucuru¡ Lake APA. |
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