Because peccaries are also important agents of disturbance and microhabitat variation in the litter, peccary loss could have important consequences for litter amphibians and reptiles that depend entirely upon the litter for shelter, foraging and reproduction sites, and thermoregulation.
Diarrhoeal infections can be caused by many etiological agents, but mainly by enterobacteria such as Escherichia coli, Salmonella spp., Shigella spp., Campylobacter jejuni and Vibrio cholerae; as well as parasites such as Entamoeba histolytica and Giardia intestinalis, and some rotaviruses are also important agents [ 5].
Our results demonstrate that peccaries should be viewed not just as seed predators or ecosystem engineers for palms and pond-breeding amphibians, but also as important agents that affect leaf litter structure and abundance of terrestrial amphibians and reptiles.
This confirms that NoVs are not involved only in outbreaks, but are also important causative agents in seasonal epidemic AGE.
This interdisciplinary approach of social and environmental agency has not been considered in the specialized bibliography so far; therefore novel information is given for interpreting the way in which humans took possession of the fauna, not only as subsistence resources but also as other important agents in the socio-economic and symbolic relationship of humans with the landscape.
D. nodosus and F. necrophorum are also important etiological agents for the bovine contagious claw diseases interdigital dermatitis and interdigital phlegmon.
Novel pharmaceutical substances targeting hormonal circuits of appetite control and food intake may also be important agents in the future treatment of AN [ 119].
Not only do they have an impact on food resources, but mammals are also important reservoirs or agents of transmission of a variety of diseases that afflict man, such as plague, tularemia, yellow fever, rabies, leptospirosis, Lyme disease, hemorrhagic fevers such as Ebola, and Rocky Mountain spotted fever.
Retroviruses, in particular HIV, are also important human disease agents.
Due to its endemic status in Southeast Asia and the two epidemics it caused in Jiangsu (1998) and Sichuan (2005), China, characterized by STSLS and high mortality rates, this bacterium should no longer be considered merely an important pig pathogen, but also an important and emerging zoonotic agent.
