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<journal-id>1900-9607</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[CES Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Ces. Med. Vet. Zootec.]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1900-9607</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Universidad CES]]></publisher-name>
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<article-meta>
<article-id>S1900-96072018000300338</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.21615/cesmvz.13.3.4</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Estado actual de los hipopótamos (Hippopotamus amphibius) en Colombia: 2018]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Current status of hippos (Hippopotamus amphibius) in Colombia: 2018]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Monsalve Buriticá]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Santiago]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Ramírez Guerra]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Alejandro]]></given-names>
</name>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Corporación Universitaria Lasallista Facultad de Ciencias Administrativas y Agropecuarias Grupo de Investigación en Medicina Veterinaria - GIVET]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Caldas Antioquia]]></addr-line>
<country>Colombia</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Médico veterinario  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2018</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2018</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>13</volume>
<numero>3</numero>
<fpage>338</fpage>
<lpage>346</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1900-96072018000300338&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1900-96072018000300338&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1900-96072018000300338&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen En el año 1985, el narcotraficante Pablo Escobar ingresó a Colombia entre dos y seis ejemplares juveniles de hipopótamos que, con el paso de dos décadas, se reprodujeron y movilizaron por la zona geográfica del Magdalena Medio. En la actualidad se cree que podría haber entre diez y treinta ejemplares libres en inmediaciones del río Magdalena y unos sesenta individuos en total en el país. Los hipopótamos en Colombia son animales exóticos e introducidos, y con el tiempo fueron clasificados como especie invasora ya que su presencia representa riesgos ambientales al competir con especies nativas. Algunos de los efectos comprenden la alteración de hábitat, la perturbación de los procesos ecosistémicos y la desestabilización de los sistemas ambientales. Las medidas para su control que requieren la destinación de grandes presupuestos para la captura, control de natalidad, mantenimiento en cautiverio; o acciones socialmente cuestionables como la eutanasia, deberían ser establecidas de manera inmediata pues los recursos biológicos nativos, hidrobiológicos y pesqueros podrían verse afectados por culpa de esta especie invasora.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract In 1985, Pablo Escobar brought to Colombia between two to six young hippos, during these 20 years they have mated and have been moving by the geographic area of Magdalena Medio. At present, it is believed that there could be between 10 to 30 free hippos near a large part of the Magdalena River, and a total population of about 60 in the country. Hippos in Colombia are an exotic and introduced specie that with time will become potentially invasive since they may represent environmental competition that puts native species in risk. The effects caused by the species are diverse, ranging from habitat alteration, to the disruption of ecosystem processes. Hippos in Colombia constitute a serious threat to native species and the stability of the affected environmental systems. The measures for its control should be established immediately (Destination of big budgets for capturing, birth control and maintenance in captivity or euthanasia) as the native aquatic and fishery biological resources could disappear over time.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Hippopotamus amphibius]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[introduced species]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[castration]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[euthanasia]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Hippopotamus amphibius]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[especie introducida]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[castración]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[eutanasia]]></kwd>
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