There are few reports about the isolation of Mycoplasma species associated with cattle disease in Argentina. In this work we describe the detection of Mycoplasma leachii associated with disease in dairy calves in Santa Fe Province, Argentina. Samples obtained from a 4 day-old dairy calf suffering from po...
Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae is the causative agent of enzootic pneumonia (EP), a disease that is highly prevalent and globally distributed, causing significant economic losses to the swine industry. Disease progression is characterized by reduced feed conversion and the development of lung lesions. Consider...
Bovine herpesvirus 5 is an alphaherpesvirus that causes nonsuppurative meningoencephalitis in cattle. This disease occurs naturally in either outbreaks or isolated cases, and exhibits low morbidity and high lethality. Although previous studies elucidated crucial aspects involved in the pathogenesis of th...
Budweg, Claudia Iorio;
Sousa, Amanda Oliveira de;
Carvalho, Tânia Regina Vieira de;
Souza, Zahi Êni Santos;
Serpa, Maria Carolina de Azevedo;
Martins, Thiago Fernandes;
Nieri-Bastos, Fernanda;
Marcili, Arlei;
Labruna, Marcelo Bahia;
Moraes-Filho, Jonas.
Brazilian spotted fever is a serious and lethal illness for humans and is caused by the Rickettsia rickettsii bacteria. In the state of São Paulo/SP (Brazil), the etiological agent of this disease is transmitted by the Amblyomma sculptum tick. It was already shown that horses infected with this bacteria...
Abstract This study aimed to determine the prevalence, factors associated, laboratory findings (with and without coinfection by retroviruses) among naturally infected cats by hemoplasmas in northeastern Brazil. For convenience, 200 domesticated and healthy cats were selected. Blood samples were taken to...
Brasil/epidemiología,
Enfermedades de los Gatos/diagnóstico,
Enfermedades de los Gatos/epidemiología,
Enfermedades de los Gatos/microbiología,
Cromatografía de Afinidad,
ADN Bacteriano/análisis,
Infecciones por Mycoplasma/diagnóstico,
Infecciones por Mycoplasma/epidemiología,
Infecciones por Mycoplasma/veterinaria,
Reacción en Cadena de la Polimerasa/veterinaria,
Prevalencia
Abstract This report describes the first autochthonous case of canine visceral leishmaniasis in Rondônia, northern Brazil. A canine resident of the municipality of Cacoal, with clinical signs and symptoms of visceral leishmaniasis, was treated by a veterinarian. Samples were analyzed by a reference labo...
Anticuerpos Antiprotozoarios/sangre,
Brasil/epidemiología,
Enfermedades de los Perros/diagnóstico,
Enfermedades de los Perros/epidemiología,
Ensayo de Inmunoadsorción Enzimática/veterinaria,
Técnica del Anticuerpo Fluorescente Indirecta/veterinaria,
Leishmania infantum/genética,
Leishmania infantum/inmunología,
Leishmaniasis Visceral/diagnóstico,
Leishmaniasis Visceral/epidemiología,
Leishmaniasis Visceral/veterinaria,
Reacción en Cadena de la Polimerasa/veterinaria
Abstract INTRODUCTION: This study aimed to detect anti-Leptospira spp antibodies and Leptospira DNA in domestic dogs. METHODS: Blood and urine from 106 dogs were evaluated by microscopic agglutination test (MAT) and polymerase chain reaction (PCR), respectively. RESULTS: Six (5.7%) and one (1%) ani...
Pruebas de Aglutinación/veterinaria,
Brasil/epidemiología,
Enfermedades de los Perros/diagnóstico,
Enfermedades de los Perros/epidemiología,
Enfermedades de los Perros/microbiología,
Leptospira/clasificación,
Leptospira/genética,
Leptospira/inmunología,
Leptospirosis/diagnóstico,
Leptospirosis/epidemiología,
Leptospirosis/microbiología,
Leptospirosis/veterinaria,
Reacción en Cadena de la Polimerasa/veterinaria,
Prevalencia
Staphylococcus spp. são os micro-organismos mais relacionados a casos de mastite bovina. Algumas cepas destes micro-organismos têm apresentado fatores de virulência como genes de resistência a antimicrobianos com destaque para a resistência à meticilina que é um problema de saúde pública. Esta r...
The aim of this study was to investigate the occurrence of Tritrichomonas foetus in cats in the area surrounding the city of Araçatuba municipality, State of São Paulo, Brazil. Fecal samples from 129 cats were collected by rectal flush technique. It was compared two diagnosis methods, direct examinatio...
Porções de íleo terminal foram coletados de 100 suínos com sinais de doença gastrointestinal na área metropolitana de Bucaramanga, a fim de se estudar a eficiência do diagnóstico de enteropatia proliferativa suína (PPE) pela técnica de PCR aninha (PCRa) empregando sequências específicas (prim...
