Abstract This study had the aim of ascertaining the sandfly fauna and possible presence ofLeishmania in these insects, collected in caves in the state of Rondônia, Brazil. Collections were conducted in eight caves located in two different areas of this state. Leishmania in the sandflies collected was de...
Abstract Frequent and inappropriate use of all classes of antiparasitic drugs in small ruminants has led to failures in their effectiveness, culminating in a global problem of anthelmintic resistance. Brazil stands out as one of the world’s leaders in publications about anthelmintic resistance, and...
Antihelmínticos/uso terapéutico,
Brasil,
Resistencia a Medicamentos,
Enfermedades de las Cabras/tratamiento farmacológico,
Enfermedades de las Cabras/parasitología,
Cabras,
Nematodos/efectos de los fármacos,
Infecciones por Nematodos/tratamiento farmacológico,
Infecciones por Nematodos/veterinaria,
Recuento de Huevos de Parásitos/veterinaria,
Rumiantes,
Ovinos,
Enfermedades de las Ovejas/tratamiento farmacológico,
Enfermedades de las Ovejas/parasitología
Abstract Capybaras (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) are the largest rodents found in South America. The aim of the present study was to investigate the occurrence of anti-Toxoplasma gondii and anti-Neospora caninum antibodies in 170 free-living capybaras in a residential park area in Itu Municipality, São Pa...
Anticuerpos Antiprotozoarios/sangre,
Brasil,
Coccidiosis/inmunología,
Coccidiosis/veterinaria,
Técnica del Anticuerpo Fluorescente Indirecta/veterinaria,
Neospora/inmunología,
Roedores/inmunología,
Roedores/parasitología,
Estudios Seroepidemiológicos,
Toxoplasma/inmunología,
Toxoplasmosis Animal/inmunología,
Toxoplasmosis Animal/parasitología
Abstract Infections by Trypanosoma vivax cause great losses to livestock in Africa and Central and South Americas. Outbreaks due this parasite have been occurred with increasing frequency in Brazil. Knowledge of changes caused byT. vivax during the course of this disease can be of great diagnostic value....
Enfermedad Aguda,
Aspartato Aminotransferasas/sangre,
Brasil,
Enfermedades de los Bovinos/sangre,
Enfermedades de los Bovinos/parasitología,
Enfermedad Crónica,
Hematócrito/veterinaria,
Parasitemia/sangre,
Parasitemia/parasitología,
Parasitemia/veterinaria,
Trypanosoma vivax,
Tripanosomiasis Africana/sangre,
Tripanosomiasis Africana/parasitología,
Tripanosomiasis Africana/veterinaria
Abstract The aim of this study was to compare the parasite communities in two sympatric host populations, Trachelyopterus coriaceus andTrachelyopterus galeatus, which were caught in tributary of the Amazon River in Brazil. All the specimens of T. galeatusand T. coriaceus were infected by one or more para...
Abstract The skin is the site of inoculation of Leishmania spp. in susceptible hosts, and consequently dermatopathies, especially ulcerative dermatitis, are the main clinical signs observed. The aim of this study was to assess parasitism of the skin (intact and ulcerated) among dogs that were naturally i...
Silva, Diogo Tiago;
Neves, Maria Francisca;
Queiroz, Nina Mari Gual Pimenta de;
Spada, Julio Cesar Pereira;
Alves, Maria Luana;
Flóro e Silva, Marina;
Coelho, Willian Marinho Dourado;
Panosso, Alan Rodrigo;
Noronha Junior, Antonio Carlos Faconti;
Starke-Buzetti, Wilma Aparecida.
Abstract The aim of this work was a correlation study and histopathological description of alterations associated with the presence of Leishmania infantumamastigote in the intestinal wall of dogs infected with canine visceral leishmaniasis (CVL). Three groups were used: G1 (n = 8), comprising naturally i...
Abstract A first survey of mite species that ectoparasitize bats in the states of Ceará and Mato Grosso was conducted. The specimens of bats and their mites were collected in areas of the Caatinga and Pantanal biomes. A total of 450 spinturnicids representing two genera and ten species was collected fro...
Resumo Introdução: A infecção por Echinococcus ou hidatidose constitui-se em uma zoonose causada pelo parasita Echinococcus granulosus. Apresenta distribuição mundial, sendo Portugal considerado endêmico. A doença hidática do rim é rara, ocorrendo em apenas 2% dos casos. Caso Clínico: Adoles...
A água é a matéria-prima utilizada na produção de gelo e a adoção de práticas rigorosas de higiene em sua fabricação, manuseio, embalagem, conservação e distribuição torna-se indispensável. O método de congelamento não é capaz de destruir os patógenos contaminantes, pois os mesmos perm...
