<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Terry D. Galloway</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">UTILIZATION OF ANIMALS FROM CANADIAN WILDLIFE REHABILITATION HOSPITALS TO STUDY THE TAXONOMY AND ECOLOGY OF PARASITIC LICE (PHTHIRAPTERA) AND OTHER ECTOPARASITES</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Revista Chilena de Ornitología</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">biodiversity</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">ecology</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">host-parasite interactions</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">parasitology.</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2023</style></year></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">https://aveschile.cl/revista-chilena-de-ornitologia-vol-29-n-2-2023/</style></url></web-urls></urls><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">29</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">51-62</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Spanish title: Uso de animales tratados en centros canadienses de rehabilitaci&amp;oacute;n de fauna silvestre para estudiar la taxonom&amp;iacute;a y ecolog&amp;iacute;a de piojos par&amp;aacute;sitos (Phthiraptera) y otros ectopar&amp;aacute;sitos&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;RESUMEN.&lt;/strong&gt; &amp;ndash; Examino las ventajas y desventajas de usar animales procedentes de hospitales canadienses de rehabilitaci&amp;oacute;n para estudiar la ecolog&amp;iacute;a y parasitolog&amp;iacute;a de ectopar&amp;aacute;sitos. Un estudio en Manitoba, Canad&amp;aacute;, incluy&amp;oacute; animales recuperados entre 1993 y 2023 mediante la colaboraci&amp;oacute;n con hospitales de rehabilitaci&amp;oacute;n (&amp;gt; 12 400 hospedadores). Gracias a esto acced&amp;iacute; a una considerable diversidad de aves y mam&amp;iacute;feros (296 especies). La muestra de muchas especies era grande y los individuos proced&amp;iacute;an de una amplia zona geogr&amp;aacute;fica. Ya que recuper&amp;eacute; animales eutanizados o que murieron en cuidados m&amp;eacute;dicos, no deb&amp;iacute; sacrificar animales para muestrar rigurosamente ectopar&amp;aacute;sitos. Dado que la disponibilidad de animales fue variable, solo pude muestrear peque&amp;ntilde;os n&amp;uacute;meros (n &amp;le; 10) de muchas especies, y no tuve control sobre d&amp;oacute;nde o cu&amp;aacute;ndo surgieron las muestras. Hay que considerar el sesgo causado por los animales j&amp;oacute;venes y los que estuvieron enfermos o heridos un tiempo desconocido. Aunque la mayor&amp;iacute;a de los hospedadores tuvieron datos completos de su procedencia, hubo algunos con datos incompletos. El personal del hospital tuvo cuidados para evitar la contaminaci&amp;oacute;n cruzada de ectopar&amp;aacute;sitos y el contagio con pat&amp;oacute;genos infecciosos cuando hab&amp;iacute;a muchas especies. En conclusi&amp;oacute;n, los hospitales de rehabilitaci&amp;oacute;n de fauna silvestre son un recurso valioso para estudiar ectopar&amp;aacute;sitos.&lt;br /&gt;
	&lt;strong&gt;PALABRAS CLAVES:&lt;/strong&gt; biodiversidad, ecolog&amp;iacute;a, interacciones hu&amp;eacute;sped-par&amp;aacute;sito, parasitolog&amp;iacute;a&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;ABSTRACT. &lt;/strong&gt;&amp;ndash; I aim to examine the advantages and disadvantages of sourcing wildlife from Canadian rehabilitation hospitals to study ectoparasite ecology and parasitology. A survey conducted in Manitoba, Canada, has relied heavily on salvaged wildlife (&amp;gt; 12 400 hosts) through collaboration with wildlife hospitals from 1993 to 2023. The advantages of this approach included access to a considerable bird and mammal diversity (296 species). Sample sizes for many species were large, and individuals came from a wide geographic area. I salvaged animals euthanized because of casualties or which died in care. Thus, I did not have to sacrifice animals for rigorous ectoparasite sampling. Because animals became available opportunistically, it was only possible for me to sample small numbers (n &amp;le; 10) of many species, and I had no control over where or when samples arose. It is necessary to consider biases from juvenile animals and, in some cases, from animals sick or injured for an unknown time. Although most hosts had comprehensive data on provenance, persons occasionally submitted animals with missing data. Hospital staff always exercised care to avoid cross-contamination of ectoparasites where many species arrived and avoid potentially infectious pathogens. In conclusion, wildlife rehabilitation hospitals are a valuable resource for ectoparasite research&lt;/p&gt;
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