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Prevalence of Cryptosporidium infection in domestic cats from an urban area in ...
Silveira Neto, Luiz da; Widmer, Giovanni; Lima, Valéria Marçal Felix de; Meireles, Marcelo Vasconcelos; Inácio, Sandra Valéria; Marques, Marcel GambinWe investigated the occurrence of Cryptosporidium oocysts shedding by domestic cats in an urban setting. The calculation of minimum sample size was based on an estimated prevalence of 10%, 5% absolute sampling error and a 5% significance level, resulting in 138 cats. A total of 612 owners of 2,290 cats had to be contacted for achieving the minimal sample size. In the end, only 55 owners accepted to participate ...
Evaluations of sampling methods for “Darkling beetles” ( Alphitobius diaperinus...
Silva, Giane Serafim da; Veronez, Viviane Aparecida; Oliveira, Gilson Pereira de; Borges, Fernando de Almeida; Silva, Heloísa Cristina daThe Alphitobius diaperinus has been globally one of the major ectoparasites of the modern poultry production. With the industrial poultry expansion, this coleopteran has found in poultry facilities an excellent habitat for its development. Adults, eggs, larvae and pupae are found under the litter surface, in equipment and in cracks of the floors and walls, where they can cause remarkable damages. The counting o...