Abstract: The age structure of the dog population is essential for planning and evaluating control programs for zoonotic diseases. We analyzed data of an owned-dog census in order to characterize, for the first time, the structure of a dog population under compulsory culling in a visceral leishmaniasis e...
Abstract The overall goal of this study was to estimate the prevalence of gastrointestinal (GI) parasites in dogs in the city of Villahermosa in Tabasco, Mexico. The study population consisted of 302 owned dogs that had limited access to public areas. A fecal sample was collected from each animal and exa...
Abstract This study investigated occurrences of anti-Neospora caninum and anti-Toxoplasma gondii IgG antibodies by means of the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and indirect immunofluorescence assay (IFAT), along with risk factors associated with toxoplasmosis and neosporosis, in 204 dogs from u...
Ehrlichiosis is a zoonotic disease that is caused by bacteria of the genus Ehrlichia. The aims of this study were to detect the presence of Ehrlichia spp. in the blood of dogs in Ituberá, Bahia, and to compare the sensitivities and specificities of blood smear, serological, and molecular examinations. F...
Objetivo. Identificar la presencia de parásitos con potencial zoonótico en los principales parques de la ciudad de Tunja, Boyacá, Colombia. Material y métodos. Se seleccionaron 28 parques de la ciudad en los que se recogieron 124 muestras de materia fecal de perros y muestras de suelo con ayuda de un...
This study assessed the occurrence of Ehrlichia spp., Babesia spp. and Hepatozoon spp. infections in 100 tick-harboring dogs from a semiarid region of the State of Paraíba, Northeastern Brazil. Blood samples and ticks were collected from the animals, and a questionnaire was submitted to dog owners to ob...
A raiva é uma antropozoonose caracterizada por encefalite viral aguda, com letalidade próxima de 100%, e que vem passando por uma transição epidemiológica na qual o ciclo envolvendo quirópteros vem crescendo em importância. O objetivo da presente pesquisa foi analisar as ações de vigilância e c...
