El atropellamiento de fauna silvestre constituye uno de los efectos adversos más significativos de la construcción de carreteras a nivel mundial. Esta problemática representa una amenaza directa para la conservación de la biodiversidad, ya que conlleva a la disminución de la abundancia de las poblaciones y afecta la movilidad efectiva entre las comunidades de fauna silvestre. A nivel global, el crecimiento urbano y la expansión de las redes viales interfieren con la conectividad entre hábitats, generando conflictos entre humanos y animales. En el contexto latinoamericano, la expansión de las carreteras emerge como una preocupación particular, dado el déficit de regulaciones claras y la escasez de estudios sobre el impacto ecológico en las poblaciones silvestres. La presente revisión aborda el fenómeno del atropellamiento de fauna silvestre en carreteras, subrayando la import...

            The presence of gastrointestinal parasites in gastrointestinal tract of 100 Colombian sliders (Trachemys callirostris) admitted to the Wildlife Care and Assessment Center (CAV), Córdoba, Colombia, during 2009 and 2010, as a result of confiscations from illegal trafficking of wild animals. The gastrointestinal tracts were separated, washed and its contents were removed to identify and quantify the parasites. A total of 1064 individuals of the taxa Nematophila argentinum (44%), Serpinema sp (44%) and Spiroxys sp (12%) were isolated. The observed prevalences were 70% for N. argentinum (Trematode), and 63 and 49% for Serpinema sp and Spiroxys sp (Nematode), respectively. The mean intensity was 6.7 for N. argentinum, 7.3 for Serpinema sp, and 3.2 for Spiroxys sp. N. argentinum was mainly found in the large intestine (40%); ho...

            The presence of gastrointestinal parasites in gastrointestinal tract of 100 Colombian sliders (Trachemys callirostris) admitted to the Wildlife Care and Assessment Center (CAV), Córdoba, Colombia, during 2009 and 2010, as a result of confiscations from illegal trafficking of wild animals. The gastrointestinal tracts were separated, washed and its contents were removed to identify and quantify the parasites. A total of 1064 individuals of the taxa Nematophila argentinum (44%), Serpinema sp (44%) and Spiroxys sp (12%) were isolated. The observed prevalences were 70% for N. argentinum (Trematode), and 63 and 49% for Serpinema sp and Spiroxys sp (Nematode), respectively. The mean intensity was 6.7 for N. argentinum, 7.3 for Serpinema sp, and 3.2 for Spiroxys sp. N. argentinum was mainly found in the large intestine (40%); ho...