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Pesquisa de anticorpos anti-Toxoplasma em serpentes mantidas em cativeiro nos municípios de Belém e Santo Antônio do Tauá, estado do Pará, Brasil
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
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| Author | Oliveira, Patrícia Andréia Santos Meneses, André Marcelo Conceição Souza, Nazaré Fonseca De Luz, Monique Araújo Freitas, Nívia Magalhães Da Silva Moraes, Carla Cristina Guimarães De Silva, Rodrigo Langoni, Helio |
| Copyright Year | 2012 |
| Abstract | Toxoplasmosis is an important zoonosis that affects several animals species, however, studies of infection in wild animals, especially reptiles, is scarse. This study aimed to evaluate anti-Toxoplasma gondii antibodies occurrence in snakes kept in captivity at Belem and Santo Antonio do Taua, Para State, Brazil. Twenty-seven (27) Boa constrictor blood samples were evaluated by Modified Direct Agglutination Test (MAT). Snakes had no specific antibodies to this protozoan. Additional studies are needed to determine the actual occurrence of this zoonosis in wild animals kept in captivity at Para State. |
| Starting Page | 192 |
| Ending Page | 195 |
| Page Count | 4 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Volume Number | 19 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://repositorio.unesp.br/bitstream/handle/11449/140900/ISSN0102-5716-2012-19-02-192-195.pdf?isAllowed=y&sequence=1 |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |