Helmintosis is one of the main sanitary problems of modern sheep raising whereas the resistance to anthelmintic is a severe impend for its control. With the objective of verifying the phenomenon in relation to albendazole, ivermectin and moxidectin in the region of Londrina, Parana, Brazil, 850 animals from 10 properties were selected, from January to March 1997. These animals were distributed in four randomic ...
The analysis of 889 samples of faeces from dogs of various races and ages was carried out at the Veterinary Hospital of the State University of Londrina, from January 1982 to December 1992. The techniques of WILLIS (1927) and HOFFMAN, PONS & JANER (1934) were utilised and the following kinds of helminthosis observed: Ancylostoma spp (39,82%), Toxocara spp (13,72%), Trichuris spp (6,74%) and Dipylidium spp (3,82...
A three-year-old crossbreed male dog was brought to the Neurology Unit because of an acute paraplegia. A clinical neurological examination indicated a spinal thoracolumbar syndrome evidenced by spastic paralysis of the hind limbs with no signs of deep pain sensation. Whereas the radiographic exams did not show any abnormality, cerebrospinal fluid changes indicated inflammation and hemorrhage. Serum titer for To...
A survey was conducted from May to June, 1989 in Londrina, Sabáudia and Guaraci, cities in the North of Paraná State, Brazil, Faecal samples from 23 poultry houses of flocks belonging to the HUBBARD lineage were examined after centrifugal floating in saturated solution of sacarose. A solution of Bichromate Potassium 2,5% was used to identify the species, of oocysts from Eimeria spp causing esporulation. The sam...
The occurence of Sarcocystis in the hearts of 130 zebus was studied in a slaughterhouse in Londrina - PR. The myocardium of the samples were examined after digestion in a pepsin solution and stainning of histological sections with Hematoxin-Eosin. The examination after digestion in pepsin solution revealed the presence of Sarcocystis sp as pradiozoites (X = 13.3 x 4.1u m) in all the samples. Histological examin...
Three hundred and forty dog skin scrapings were examined in the Parasitology Laboratory of the veterinary medicine department at the University, of Londrina Paraná, to study the epidemiology of Demodex canist The specimens were obtained from the University Veterinary Hospital and other private clinics in the region from January 1980 to December 1983. Demodex canis was present in 96 scrapings (28,26%) in variabl...