Publications by authors named "Marcio Leonardo de Morais Nobre"
Collared and white-lipped peccaries are sympatric and are distributed in most of South America and in the humid tropical forests of Mexico and Central America. Historically, these species have been used as a source of protein by traditional and/or indigenous human communities, but currently they have been used for legal consumption in different countries. Thus, there has been greater interaction between these wild species and domestic animals and humans, enabling microbial interactions between different niches.
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- * This study documents an outbreak of aflatoxicosis in rheas from a farm in Brazil, following the deaths of four birds, and explores various tests to determine the cause.
- * The findings reveal high levels of Aflatoxins B1, B2, and G1 in their feed, exceeding legal limits in Brazil, highlighting the need for better monitoring and prevention of mycotoxin contamination in animal feed.