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Occurrence of anti-Toxoplasma gondii, Neospora caninum and Leptospira spp. anti...

Opossum (Didelphis spp.) is an omnivorous marsupial native to the Americas that shows synanthropic behavior in urban areas. Despite its proximity to domestic animals and humans, knowledge of its participation in the epidemiology of some zoonotic agents is substantial. This study aimed to determine the presence of antibodies against Toxoplasma gondii, Neospora spp. and Leptospira spp. in blood samples collected ...

Evaluation of optimal storage time of tuberculous lesions stored in sodium borate

Preservation of specimens during transportation between abattoirs and diagnostic laboratories defines a critical stage in the definitive diagnosis of bovine tuberculosis by the isolation of Mycobacterium bovis. A 2-step study was designed to verify the maximum time that tissue samples can be stored in saturated sodium borate solution (SSB) with the highest detection of M. bovis isolates. Ninety hamsters were in...

Comparison of DNA extraction protocols to detect Mycobacterium bovis in bovine ...

The current scenario of international beef trading has increased the pressure for better and faster diagnosis of bovine tuberculosis. Although traditional culture remains the gold standard method to confirm Mycobacterium bovis infection, it is exceedingly time consuming, and demands viable mycobacteria. Molecular methods overcome the flaws of the bacteriological methods with faster detection and identification....

Influence of the incubation conditions on culture media to optimize primary iso...

The isolation of Mycobacterium bovis is critical to a surveillance system for bovine tuberculosis based on detection of lesions in abattoirs. Thus, four solid culture media and three incubation conditions were investigated to elucidate which combination overcomes the others by assessing growth, time to the first appearance of colonies and their number. Ninety-seven samples of granulomatous lesions were submitte...

Decay of Mycobacterium bovis in whole milk submitted to pasteurization parameters

Parameters for milk pasteurization were established a long time ago, considering the thermal resistance of Mycobacterium bovis, and the systematic adoption of this process has drastically reduced the incidence of human tuberculosis caused by this pathogen. However, more recently, molecular methods have allowed the identification of genetic variations in this bacterium that may lead to greater thermal resistance...

Effect of pasteurization on the decay of Mycobacterium bovis in milk cream

Milk cream must be pasteurized in order to be sold in Brazil. However, there are no specific legal requirements for this product, and producers set their own pasteurization parameters using the ones approved for milk as a reference. Considering that fat protects bacteria from heat, that no thermal inactivation studies have been performed on Mycobacterium bovis present in cream, and that bovine tuberculosis is e...

Uso de marcadores moleculares em camarões palaemonídeos : aplicações em Palaemo...

A subfamília Palaemoninae é um táxon bastante diverso, com alta variabilidade nas formas e estruturas de seus representantes. A grande diversidade de habitats e diferentes estratégias reprodutivas e comportamentais que esses crustáceos apresentam se reflete na sua elevada diversidade morfológica. O uso de ferramentas moleculares pode auxiliar em questões sobre a taxonomia, descendência e relações de parentesco ...

Efficacy of anti-leptospirosis bacterines. Relation between the results of the ...

Foi efetuada a comparação em hamsters da proteção conferida e dos níveis de anticorpos induzidos por duas bacterinas comerciais antileptospirose. Os ensaios empregados foram o teste oficial de potência com desafio (TP), o ensaio proposto, teste de inibição de crescimento de leptospiras in vitro (ICLIV) e a soroaglutinação microscópica (SAM). O protocolo de imunização foi representado por duas aplicações individ...

Exposure of free-ranging wild carnivores, horses and domestic dogs to Leptospir...