LILACS – Literatura Latinoamericana y del Caribe de Ciencias de la Salud

Occurrence of Gasterophilus spp. in weanling foals in southern Brazil

Scalco, Rebeca; Nogueira, Carlos Eduardo Wayne; Santos, Alice Corrêa; Vieira, Patrícia Soares; Ferreira, Nathália Oliveira; Borba, Luciana de Araujo; Feijó, Lorena Soares; Curcio, Bruna da Rosa.

Acta sci. vet. (Impr.); 49 (), 2021

The occurrence of gastrointestinal myiasis caused by Gasterophilus spp. larvae (Diptera: Oestridae) in adult horses has been widely characterized, however data on natural infestation in young foals have been lacking. This observation may be related to the absence of conclusive diagnosis in these individu...

Enfermedades de los Caballos/parasitología, Enfermedades de los Caballos/sangre, Caballos, Miasis/veterinaria, Úlcera Gástrica/veterinaria, Prevalencia, Heces/parasitología, Recuento de Huevos de Parásitos/veterinaria, Miasis/epidemiología

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Occurrence of anti-Toxoplasma gondii antibodies and risk factors associated with infection in equids slaughtered for human consumption in Brazil

Arruda, Igor Falco; Freitas, Wellington Alves de; Carrijo, Kênia de Fátima; Paz, Paula Silva da; Silva, Marianny Miranda; Sudré, Adriana Pittella; Marques-Santos, Fabielle; Fonseca, Ana Beatriz Monteiro; Amendoeira, Maria Regina Reis; Millar, Patricia Riddell.

Rev. bras. parasitol. vet; 29 (3), 2020

Abstract Toxoplasmosis is a worldwide zoonosis caused by Toxoplasma gondii. Ingestion of raw/undercooked meat is considering an important route of infection. Consumption of meat from equids is common in European and Asian countries and an increase in Brazil has been observed. The aim of this study was to...

Anticuerpos Antiprotozoarios/sangre, Brasil, Parasitología de Alimentos, Enfermedades de los Caballos/sangre, Enfermedades de los Caballos/parasitología, Caballos, Factores de Riesgo, Estudios Seroepidemiológicos, Toxoplasma, Toxoplasmosis Animal/epidemiología

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The prevalence of antibodies to Toxoplasma gondii in horses in Changji Hui Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang, northwestern China

Wang, Jin-Lei; Zhou, Dong-Hui; Chen, Jia; Liu, Guang-Xue; Pu, Wen-Bing; Liu, Ting-Yu; Qin, Si-Yuan; Yin, Ming-Yang; Zhu, Xing-Quan.

Rev. bras. parasitol. vet; 24 (3), 2015

Toxoplasmosis is a worldwide zoonosis caused by Toxoplasma gondii, which can infect warm-blooded animals and humans. The present study was performed to investigate the seroprevalence of T. gondii in horses in Xinjiang, northwestern China. A total of 637 blood samples were collected from seven regions in ...

Anticuerpos Antiprotozoarios/sangre, China/epidemiología, Enfermedades de los Caballos/sangre, Enfermedades de los Caballos/epidemiología, Caballos, Prevalencia, Estudios Seroepidemiológicos, Toxoplasma/inmunología, Toxoplasmosis Animal/sangre, Toxoplasmosis Animal/epidemiología

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