Abstract The aims of this study was to provide new records of hippoboscid flies collected over an one-year period on newly captured birds from nature in the state of Paraná, Brazil. The birds were received by a wildlife center in Tijucas do Sul and the hippoboscid flies were collect by hand or by tweeze...
Morgado, Fernanda Nazaré;
Cavalcanti, Amanda dos Santos;
Miranda, Luisa Helena de;
O’Dwyer, Lúcia Helena;
Silva, Maria Regina Lucas da;
Menezes, Rodrigo Caldas;
Andrade da Silva, Aurea Virgínia;
Boité, Mariana Côrtes;
Cupolillo, Elisa;
Porrozzi, Renato.
Abstract This study describes the occurrence of dogs naturally co-infected with Hepatozoon canis and two Leishmania species: L. infantum or L. braziliensis. Four dogs serologically diagnosed with Visceral Leishmaniasis were euthanized. Liver and spleen samples were collected for histopathological analysi...
Abstract Toxoplasmosis is a zoonotic disease of global distribution that affects all warm-blooded animals. The purpose of this investigation was to determine the prevalence of T. gondii infection and identify the risk factors associated with its occurrence in domestic ruminants raised on the island of Fe...
Anticuerpos Antiprotozoarios,
Brasil/epidemiología,
Enfermedades de los Bovinos/epidemiología,
Enfermedades de los Bovinos/parasitología,
Factores de Riesgo,
Estudios Seroepidemiológicos,
Ovinos,
Enfermedades de las Ovejas/epidemiología,
Enfermedades de las Ovejas/parasitología,
Toxoplasma,
Toxoplasmosis Animal/epidemiología,
Toxoplasmosis Animal/etiología
Abstract The frequency of gastrointestinal infections in 502 cats seen at the Veterinary Hospital of the University of São Paulo, SP, Brazil, between 2005 and 2014, was measured. The samples were analyzed using methods of flotation and sedimentation. The results were compared with those from studies pub...
Abstract In this paper, the authors report ticks parasitizing bats from the Serra das Almas Natural Reserve (RPPN) located in the municipality of Crateús, state of Ceará, in the semiarid Caatinga biome of northeastern Brazil. The study was carried out during nine nights in the dry season (July 2012) an...
Abstract Occurrences of gastrointestinal parasites were assessed in fecal samples from 3,099 dogs in the metropolitan region of São Paulo, SP, that were treated at the Veterinary Hospital of the University of São Paulo Veterinary School. The samples were analyzed using the flotation and centrifugal sed...
Abstract The current study aimed to investigate the helminth parasites of a population of Galictis cuja (Carnivora, Mustelidae) that occur in Atlantic Forest in the Southeastern region of Brazil. We necropsied 18 specimens of G. cuja, collected between January 2009 and May 2014, ran over victims on BR-04...
Abstract Litomosoides chagasfilhoi, originally described by Moraes Neto, Lanfredi & De Souza (1997) parasitizing the abdominal cavity of the wild rodent, Akodon cursor (Winge, 1887), was found in the abdominal cavity of Nectomys squamipes (Brants, 1827), from the municipality of Rio Bonito, Rio de Ja...
Macrophomina phaseolina is a polyphagous phytopathogen, causing stalk rot on many commercially important species. Damages caused by this pathogen in soybean and maize crops in Argentina during drought and hot weather have increased due its ability to survive as sclerotia in soil and crop debris under non...
La infección causada por Strongyloides stercoralis puede permanecer asintomática o con síntomas ligeros en humanos por varios años. Sin embargo, algunos individuos inmunodeprimidos, entre ellos los pacientes tratados con esteroides por tiempo prolongado, pueden presentar hiperinfección con altas tas...
