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Texas A&M AgriLife: College Station, TX, US

2022-10-01 to present | Assistant Research Scientist (Entomology)
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Francisco C. Ferreira

Rutgers University New Brunswick: New Brunswick, NJ, US

2021-03-14 to 2022-03-13 | Postdoctoral researcher (Entomology - Center for Vector Biology)
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Francisco C. Ferreira

Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute: Washington, DC, US

2019-03-18 to 2021-03-17 | Research Scientist (Center for Conservation Genomics)
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Francisco C. Ferreira

Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais: Belo Horizonte, MG, BR

2016-10-01 to 2018-12-31 | Postdoctoral fellow (Parasitology)
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Francisco C. Ferreira

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Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais: Belo Horizonte, MG, BR

2012-08-01 to 2016-08-25 | Ph.D. (Parasitology)
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Francisco C. Ferreira

Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais: Belo Horizonte, MG, BR

2010-03-01 to 2012-03-22 | M. Sc. in Preventive Medicine (Veterinary School )
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Francisco C. Ferreira

Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais Escola de Veterinaria: Belo Horizonte, MG, BR

2004-03-01 to 2009-12-15 | DMV (Veterinary School)
Education
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Francisco C. Ferreira

Funding (2)

EEID: Predicting the evolution of vector-borne disease dynamics in a changing world

2019-03 to 2021-02 | Grant
National Science Foundation (VA, VA, US)
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Francisco C. Ferreira

Programa Nacional de Pós Doutorado

2017-01 to 2018-12 | Grant
Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (Brasília, BR)
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Francisco C. Ferreira

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From the first descriptions to recent advances: 115 years of reptile Plasmodium research in the Neotropics

Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
2025 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1590/0074-02760240217
Contributors: Erika Martins Braga; Francisco Carlos Ferreira; Irène Landau
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Dog ectoparasites as sentinels for pathogenic Rickettsia and Bartonella in rural Guatemala

Acta Tropica
2024-12 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2024.107401
Contributors: Yuexun Tian; Jose G. Juarez; Andrea M. Moller-Vasquez; María Granados-Presa; Francisco C. Ferreira; Pamela M. Pennington; Norma Padilla; Gabriel L. Hamer; Sarah A. Hamer
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Household clusters of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron subvariants contemporaneously sequenced from dogs and their owners

2024-12-05 | Preprint
DOI: 10.1101/2024.12.02.24318339
Contributors: Francisco C. Ferreira; Lisa Auckland; Rachel Busselman; Edward Davila; Wendy Tang; Ailam Lim; Nathan Sarbo; Hayley Danielle Yaglom; Heather Centner; Heather Mead et al.
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Respiratory shedding of infectious SARS-CoV-2 Omicron XBB.1.41.1 lineage with increased evolutionary rate among captive white-tailed deer

2024-09-25 | Preprint
DOI: 10.1101/2024.09.24.613938
Contributors: Francisco C. Ferreira; Tahmina Pervin; Wendy Tang; Joseph Hediger; Logan Thomas; Walter Cook; Michael Cherry; Benjamin W. Neuman; Gabriel L. Hamer; Sarah A. Hamer
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Linking avian malaria parasitemia estimates from quantitative PCR and microscopy reveals new infection patterns in Hawai'i

International Journal for Parasitology
2024-02 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2023.10.001
Contributors: Christa M. Seidl; Francisco C. Ferreira; Katy L. Parise; Kristina L. Paxton; Eben H. Paxton; Carter T. Atkinson; Robert C. Fleischer; Jeffrey T. Foster; A. Marm Kilpatrick
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Blood meal metabarcoding of the argasid tick (Ornithodoros turicata Dugès) reveals extensive vector‐host associations

Environmental DNA
2024-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/edn3.522
Contributors: Sujata Balasubramanian; Rachel E. Busselman; Nadia A. Fernandez‐Santos; Andrew P. Grunwald; Nicholas Wolff; Nicholas Hathaway; Andrew Hillhouse; Jeffrey A. Bailey; Pete D. Teel; Francisco C. Ferreira et al.
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Diversity and host specificity of Borrelia burgdorferi ’s outer surface protein C ( ospC ) alleles in synanthropic mammals, with a notable ospC allele U absence from mixed infections

Infection and Immunity
2024-01-16 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1128/iai.00244-23
Contributors: Scarlet A. Shifflett; Francisco C. Ferreira; Julia González; Alvaro Toledo; Dina M. Fonseca; Vincenzo A. Ellis; Guy H. Palmer
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Host phylogeny and seasonality shapes avian haemosporidian prevalence in a Brazilian biodiverse and dry forest: the Caatinga

Parasitology
2023-12 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182023000549
Contributors: Daniela de Angeli Dutra; Asmat U. Khan; Francisco C. Ferreira; Marina V. Beirão; Mauro Pichorim; Patrícia A. Moreira; Érika M. Braga
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Leucocytozoon cariamae n. sp. and Haemoproteus pulcher coinfection in Cariama cristata (Aves: Cariamiformes): first mitochondrial genome analysis and morphological description of a leucocytozoid in Brazil

Parasitology
2023-12 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182023000811
Contributors: Lis Marques de C. Vieira; Pedro Henrique O. Pereira; Daniel Ambrózio da Rocha Vilela; Irène Landau; M. Andreína Pacheco; Ananias A. Escalante; Francisco C. Ferreira; Érika Martins Braga
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Ticks (Acari: Ixodida) on synanthropic small and medium-sized mammals in areas of the northeastern United States infested with the Asian longhorned tick, Haemaphysalis longicornis

International Journal for Parasitology
2023-12 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2023.06.003
Contributors: Francisco C. Ferreira; Julia González; Matthew T. Milholland; Grayson A. Tung; Dina M. Fonseca
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Multiple piroplasm parasites (Apicomplexa: Piroplasmida) in northeastern populations of the invasive Asian longhorned tick, Haemaphysalis longicornis Neumann (Ixodida: Ixodidae), in the United States

Parasitology
2023-09 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182023000914
Contributors: Heidi Herb; Julia González; Francisco C. Ferreira; Dina M. Fonseca
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Piroplasm parasites (Apicomplexa: Piroplasmida) in northeastern populations of the invasive Asian longhorned tick,Haemaphysalis longicornisNeumann (Ixodida: Ixodidae), in the United States

2023-06-28 | Preprint
DOI: 10.1101/2023.06.26.546593
Contributors: H Herb; FC Ferreira; J Gonzalez; DM Fonseca
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Ticks (Acari: Ixodida) on synanthropic small and medium-sized mammals in areas of the northeastern United States infested with the Asian longhorned tick,Haemaphysalis longicornis

2023-04-08 | Preprint
DOI: 10.1101/2023.04.07.536052
Contributors: Francisco C. Ferreira; Julia González; Matthew T. Milholland; Grayson A. Tung; Dina M. Fonseca
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A gene-based capture assay for surveying patterns of genetic diversity and insecticide resistance in a worldwide group of invasive mosquitoes

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
2022 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0010689
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Smithsonian Institution

Molecular detection of Leucocytozoon in red-legged seriemas (Cariama cristata), a non-migratory bird species in the Brazilian Cerrado

Veterinary Parasitology: Regional Studies and Reports
2022 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.vprsr.2021.100652
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Transcriptional response of individual Hawaiian <I>Culex quinquefasciatus</I> mosquitoes to the avian malaria parasite <I>Plasmodium relictum</I>

Malaria Journal
2022 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1186/s12936-022-04271-x
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Blood parasites of passerines in the Brazilian Pampas and their implications for a potential population supplementation program for the endangered Yellow Cardinal (Gubernatrix cristata)

Parasitology Research
2022-11 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-022-07638-w
Part of ISSN: 0932-0113
Part of ISSN: 1432-1955
Contributors: Francisco C. Ferreira; Bianca Ressetti da Silva; Ralph Eric Thijl Vanstreels; Patricia P. Serafini; Carla Suertegaray Fontana; Thaiane Weinert da Silva; Eduardo Chiarani; Andréa M. Carvalho; Francisco C. Ferreira Junior; Érika Martins Braga et al.
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Francisco C. Ferreira

Evolutionary consequences of vector-borne transmission: how using vectors shapes host, vector and pathogen evolution

Parasitology
2022-11 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.1017/s0031182022001378
Part of ISSN: 0031-1820
Part of ISSN: 1469-8161
Contributors: Daniela de Angeli Dutra; Robert Poulin; Francisco C. Ferreira
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Francisco C. Ferreira
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Great-tailed Grackles (Quiscalus mexicanus) as a tolerant host of avian malaria parasites

PLOS ONE
2022-08-23 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0268161
Part of ISSN: 1932-6203
Contributors: Francisco C. Ferreira; Maria Andreina Pacheco; Francisco C. Ferreira; Corina Logan; Kelsey McCune; Maggie P. MacPherson; Sergio Albino Miranda; Diego Santiago-Alarcon; Ananias A. Escalante
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Francisco C. Ferreira
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Leishmania diversity in bats from an endemic area for visceral and cutaneous leishmaniasis in Southeastern Brazil

Acta Tropica
2022-04 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2022.106327
Part of ISSN: 0001-706X
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Francisco C. Ferreira
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Transcriptional response of individual Hawaiian Culex quinquefasciatus mosquitoes to the avian malaria parasite Plasmodium relictum

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2022-02-10 | Preprint
DOI: 10.1101/2022.02.10.479890
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Francisco C. Ferreira
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Global drivers of avian haemosporidian infections vary across zoogeographical regions

Global Ecology and Biogeography
2021 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/geb.13390
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Smithsonian Institution
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Plasmodium ouropretensis, n. sp., a new case of non-erythrocytic species within lizard malaria parasites

Parasitology
2021-06-08 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1017/s0031182021000895
Part of ISSN: 0031-1820
Part of ISSN: 1469-8161
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Francisco C. Ferreira
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Higher infection probability of haemosporidian parasites in Blue-black Grassquits (Volatinia jacarina) inhabiting native vegetation across Brazil

Parasitology International
2021-02 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.parint.2020.102204
Part of ISSN: 1383-5769
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Francisco C. Ferreira
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Diptera Vectors of Avian Haemosporidians: With Emphasis on Tropical Regions

Avian Malaria and Related Parasites in the Tropics
2020 | Book chapter
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-51633-8_6
Part of ISBN: 9783030516321
Part of ISBN: 9783030516338
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Francisco C. Ferreira

Metagenomic analysis of human-biting cat fleas in urban northeastern United States of America reveals an emerging zoonotic pathogen

Scientific Reports
2020-12 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-72956-x
Part of ISSN: 2045-2322
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Francisco C. Ferreira
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Does Plasmodium Infection Affect Mosquito Attraction?

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
2020-11-09 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2020.582943
Part of ISSN: 2296-701X
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Francisco C. Ferreira
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Molecular and pathological investigations of Plasmodium parasites infecting striped forest whiptail lizards (Kentropyx calcarata) in Brazil

Parasitology Research
2020-06-17 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-020-06756-7
Part of ISSN: 0932-0113
Part of ISSN: 1432-1955
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Francisco C. Ferreira
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Phylogenetic analyses of Chlamydia psittaci ompA gene sequences from captive blue-fronted Amazon parrots (Amazona aestiva) with hepatic disease in Brazil

Revue Scientifique et Technique de l'OIE
2020-02-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.20506/rst.38.3.3020
Part of ISSN: 0253-1933
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Francisco C. Ferreira

Epidemiology, hematology, and unusual morphological characteristics of Plasmodium during an avian malaria outbreak in penguins in Brazil

Parasitology Research
2019-11-13 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-019-06459-8
Part of ISSN: 0932-0113
Part of ISSN: 1432-1955
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Francisco C. Ferreira
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Investigation of Babesiasp. in pygoscelid penguins at the South Shetland Islands

Polar Research
2018-09-26 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1080/17518369.2018.1500267
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Francisco C. Ferreira
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Haemoproteus paraortalidumn. sp. in captive Black-fronted Piping-guans Aburria jacutinga(Galliformes, Cracidae): High prevalence in a population reintroduced into the wild

Acta Tropica
2018-08-29 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2018.08.035
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Francisco C. Ferreira
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A new pathogen spillover from domestic to wild animals: Plasmodium juxtanucleare infects free-living passerines in Brazil

Parasitology
2018-05-09 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1017/S003118201800077X
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Francisco C. Ferreira
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Haemoproteus paraortalidum n. sp. in captive Black-fronted Piping-guans Aburria jacutinga (Galliformes, Cracidae): high prevalence in a population reintroduced into the wild

2018-03-13 | Preprint
DOI: 10.1101/280990
Contributors: Francisco C. Ferreira-Junior; Daniela de Angeli Dutra; Nelson R.S Martins; Gediminas Valkiūnas; Érika M. Braga
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Habitat modification and seasonality influence avian haemosporidian parasite distributions in southeastern Brazil

PLoS One
2017-06-02 | Journal article
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0178791
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Francisco C. Ferreira
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Searching for putative avian malaria vectors in a Seasonally Dry Tropical Forest in Brazil

Parasites & Vectors
2016-11-16 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1186/s13071-016-1865-y
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Francisco C. Ferreira
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Epidemiology and pathology of avian malaria in penguins undergoing rehabilitation in Brazil.

2015 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1186/s13567-015-0160-9
PMID: 25888987
PMC: PMC4357068
Contributors: Vanstreels RE; da Silva-Filho RP; Kolesnikovas CK; Bhering RC; Ruoppolo V; Epiphanio S; Amaku M; Ferreira Junior FC; Braga ÉM; Catão-Dias JL
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Francisco C. Ferreira via Europe PubMed Central
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Molecular Diagnosis of Beak and Feather Disease in Native Brazilian Psittacines

Revista Brasileira de Ciência Avícola
2015-10 | Journal article
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1516-635X1704451-458
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Francisco C. Ferreira
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Epidemiology and molecular phylogeny of Babesia sp. in Little Penguins Eudyptula minor in Australia.

2015-08 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijppaw.2015.03.002
PMID: 25853053
PMC: PMC4383760
Contributors: Vanstreels RE; Woehler EJ; Ruoppolo V; Vertigan P; Carlile N; Priddel D; Finger A; Dann P; Herrin KV; Thompson P et al.
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Francisco C. Ferreira via Europe PubMed Central
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Correction: Outbreak of Avian Malaria Associated to Multiple Species of Plasmodium in Magellanic Penguins Undergoing Rehabilitation in Southern Brazil.

2014 | Journal article
PMC: PMC4274126
Contributors: Vanstreels RET; Kolesnikovas CKM; Sandri S; Silveira P; Belo NO; Ferreira FC; Epiphanio S; Steindel M; Braga ÉM; Catão-Dias JL
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Francisco C. Ferreira via Europe PubMed Central

Outbreak of avian malaria associated to multiple species of Plasmodium in magellanic penguins undergoing rehabilitation in southern Brazil.

2014 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0094994
PMID: 24736326
PMC: PMC3988135
Contributors: Vanstreels RE; Kolesnikovas CK; Sandri S; Silveira P; Belo NO; Ferreira Junior FC; Epiphanio S; Steindel M; Braga ÉM; Catão-Dias JL
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Francisco C. Ferreira via Europe PubMed Central
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Fatal proventricular dilatation disease in captive native psittacines in Brazil.

2014-03 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1637/10588-061013-case.1
PMID: 24758135
Contributors: Donatti RV; Resende M; Ferreira FC; Marques MV; Ecco R; Shivaprasad HL; de Resende JS; Martins NR
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Francisco C. Ferreira via Europe PubMed Central
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Genotyping and antimicrobial susceptibility of Clostridium perfringens isolated from Tinamidae, Cracidae and Ramphastidae species in Brazil

Ciência Rural
2014-03 | Journal article
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0103-84782014000300016
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Francisco C. Ferreira
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Does haemosporidian infection affect hematological and biochemical profiles of the endangered Black-fronted piping-guan (Aburria jacutinga)?

2013 | Journal article
DOI: 10.7717/peerj.45
PMID: 23638382
PMC: PMC3628922
Contributors: Motta RO; Romero Marques MV; Ferreira Junior FC; Andery Dde A; Horta RS; Peixoto RB; Lacorte GA; Moreira Pde A; Paes Leme Fde O; Melo MM et al.
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Francisco C. Ferreira via Europe PubMed Central
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Trypanoxyuris (Paraoxyuronema) lagothricis (Nematoda: Oxyuridae) in Lagothrix cana (Primates: Atelidae) from Brazil.

2013 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1590/s1984-29612013005000021
PMID: 23778825
Contributors: Pinto HA; Ferreira Junior FC; Mati VL; Melo AL
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Francisco C. Ferreira via Europe PubMed Central
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Strongyloides cebus (Nematoda: Strongyloididae) in Lagothrix cana (Primates: Atelidae) from the Brazilian Amazon: aspects of clinical presentation, anatomopathology, treatment, and parasitic biology.

2013-12 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1645/13-288.1
PMID: 23909511
Contributors: Mati VL; Ferreira Junior FC; Pinto HA; de Melo AL
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Francisco C. Ferreira via Europe PubMed Central
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Health assessment of raptors in triage in Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil

Revista Brasileira de Ciência Avícola
2013-07 | Journal article
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1516-635X2013000300012
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Francisco C. Ferreira
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Serologic, parasitic, and bacteriologic assessment of captive cracids (Aves: Galliformes: Cracidae) in Brazil.

2013-03 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1638/1042-7260-44.1.27
PMID: 23505700
Contributors: Marques MV; Junior FC; Andery Dde A; Fernandes AA; de Araújo AV; de Resende JS; Martins NR
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Francisco C. Ferreira via Europe PubMed Central
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Fatal Toxoplasmosis in a Vinaceous Amazon Parrot (Amazona vinacea)

Avian Diseases
2012 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1637/10063-011912-CASE.1
WOSUID: WOS:000313135800024
Contributors: Francisco C. Ferreira-Junior; Francisco Carlos Ferreira Junior; Rogerio Venâncio Donatti; Marcus Vinícius Romero Marques; Roselene Ecco; Ingred Sales Preis; H. L. Shivaprasad; Daniel Ambrózio da Rocha Vilela; Nelson Rodrigo da Silva Martins
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Health assessment of captive tinamids (Aves, Tinamiformes) in Brazil.

2012-09 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1638/2011-0262r1.1
PMID: 23082518
Contributors: Marques MV; Ferreira Júnior FC; Andery Dde A; Fernandes AA; de Araújo AV; de Resende JS; Donatti RV; Martins NR
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Francisco C. Ferreira via Europe PubMed Central
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