Cooccidiosis is one of the most important causes of economic losses within the poultry industry. The objective of this study was to evaluate the pathogenicity of E. tenella, E. acervulina, and E. maxima strains in commercial broilers chicks. Thirty nine commercial one day old broiler chicks, unvaccinated against coccidiosis, were used during this experiment. At day 14, chickens of G1 (n=10), G2 (n=10) and G3 (n...
The goal of this work was to evaluate micriobiologic quality of water consumed in drinking-fountains from State University of Guarapuava, Paraná state, Brazil. Total and fecal coliforms were searched for the pourpose of evaluating quality of water consumed. Fourty seven samples were obtainied and 4/47 (8,5%) were positive to total coliforms and 1/47 (2%) were positive to fecal coliforms. Three samples showed un...
Vegetables are the most important transmission source of enteroparasites to human beings. The objective of this paper was to evaluate enteroparasites occurrence in vegetables from commercial establishments of Guarapuava County, Paraná State, Brazil. Forty two samples (44.7%) out of 94 were positive, being 15 /21 (71.4%) from smooth lettuce, 21 /55 from rough lettuce and 6 /18 (33.3%) from watercress. Smooth let...