Mieloencefalitis protozoaria equina en un equino en Colombia: reporte de caso

Equine Protozoal Myeloencephalitis (EPM) is an infectious neurological disease with a high percentage of mortality that affects equines that share habitat with their definitive host; however, it has not been widely reported in endemic regions. In Colombia, a country with wide distribution of the host, a veterinarian is consulted for a clinical case of an equine with neurological and muscular symptoms compatible with EPM. Antibiotic and anticoccidial treatment was immediately initiated when this pathology is suspected, and a blood sample was sent to confirm the diagnosis in the laboratory. The sample was positive for the sarcocystin toxin produced by the protozoan S. neurona. The equine responded positively and fully recovered five months after treatment. This case report shows the importance of taking this pathology into account as a differential diagnosis to establish an effective treatment as soon as possible, generating a favourable prognosis and, therefore, a recovery for the patient.La Mieloencefalitis Protozoaria Equina (EPM) es una enfermedad neurológica infecciosa con alto porcentaje de mortalidad que afecta a los equinos que comparten hábitat con su hospedero definitivo; sin embargo no ha sido muy reportada en regiones endémicas. En Colombia, país de amplia distribución del hospedero, es consultado un médico veterinario por un caso clínico de un equino con sintomatología neurológica y muscular compatible con EPM. Se inicia tratamiento con antibiótico y anticoccidial ante la sospecha de esta patología y remite una muestra de sangre para confirmar el diagnóstico en el laboratorio. La muestra fue positiva a la toxina sarcocistina producida por el protozoo S. neurona. El equino respondió positivamente y se recuperó totalmente a los cinco meses del tratamiento. Este reporte evidencia la importancia de tener en cuenta esta patología como diagnóstico diferencial con el fin de instaurar un tratamiento eficaz lo antes posible generando un pronóstico favorable y, por ende, una recuperación del paciente

NEOTROPICAL CARNIVORES: a data set on carnivore distribution in the Neotropics

Mammalian carnivores are considered a key group in maintaining ecological health and can indicate potential ecological integrity in landscapes where they occur. Carnivores also hold high conservation value and their habitat requirements can guide management and conservation plans. The order Carnivora has 84 species from 8 families in the Neotropical region: Canidae; Felidae; Mephitidae; Mustelidae; Otariidae; Phocidae; Procyonidae; and Ursidae. Herein, we include published and unpublished data on native terrestrial Neotropical carnivores (Canidae; Felidae; Mephitidae; Mustelidae; Procyonidae; and Ursidae). NEOTROPICAL CARNIVORES is a publicly available data set that includes 99,605 data entries from 35,511 unique georeferenced coordinates. Detection/non-detection and quantitative data were obtained from 1818 to 2018 by researchers, governmental agencies, non-governmental organizations, and private consultants. Data were collected using several methods including camera trapping, museum collections, roadkill, line transect, and opportunistic records. Literature (peer-reviewed and grey literature) from Portuguese, Spanish and English were incorporated in this compilation. Most of the data set consists of detection data entries (n = 79,343; 79.7%) but also includes non-detection data (n = 20,262; 20.3%). Of those, 43.3% also include count data (n = 43,151). The information available in NEOTROPICAL CARNIVORES will contribute to macroecological, ecological, and conservation questions in multiple spatio-temporal perspectives. As carnivores play key roles in trophic interactions, a better understanding of their distribution and habitat requirements are essential to establish conservation management plans and safeguard the future ecological health of Neotropical ecosystems. Our data paper, combined with other large-scale data sets, has great potential to clarify species distribution and related ecological processes within the Neotropics. There are no copyright restrictions and no restriction for using data from this data paper, as long as the data paper is cited as the source of the information used. We also request that users inform us of how they intend to use the data