SURVEY OFTOXOPLASMA GONDIIANTIBODIES IN MAGELLANIC PENGUINS (SPHENISCUS MAGELLANICUSFORSTER, 1781)
| Autor: | Luis Felipe Silva Pereira Mayorga, Jitender P. Dubey, Ricardo Augusto Dias, Igor da Cunha Lima Acosta, Pryscilla Maracini, Cristiane K. M. Kolesnikovas, José Luiz Catão-Dias, Solange Maria Gennari, Herbert Sousa Soares, Cristiane Lassálvia, Claudia Niemeyer, Jéssica D. Ribeiro |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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0301 basic medicine 040301 veterinary sciences Spheniscidae Antibodies Protozoan Zoology Spheniscus magellanicus 0403 veterinary science 03 medical and health sciences Direct agglutination test parasitic diseases Animals ZOONOSES POR PROTOZOÁRIOS Bird Diseases General Veterinary biology Ecology Toxoplasma gondii 04 agricultural and veterinary sciences General Medicine 030108 mycology & parasitology Serum samples biology.organism_classification Breed Toxoplasmosis Animal biology.protein Female Animal Science and Zoology Antibody Toxoplasma |
| Zdroj: | Repositório Institucional da USP (Biblioteca Digital da Produção Intelectual) Universidade de São Paulo (USP) instacron:USP |
| ISSN: | 1937-2825 1042-7260 |
| DOI: | 10.1638/2015-0103.1 |
| Popis: | Magellanic penguins (Spheniscus magellanicus) breed on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of the southernmost parts of South America and migrate northward as far as Peru and Brazil. Serum samples (n = 100) from Magellanic penguins from three zoos and two rehabilitation centers (RCs) in Brazil were assayed for the presence of antibodies to Toxoplasma gondii by means of the modified agglutination test (MAT, cut-off ≥ 20). The penguins were categorized as young (≤4 yr old) or adults (≥4 yr old) and sexed (male, female, or not identified), and data were analyzed using the chi-square test (P ≤ 0.05). Toxoplasma gondii antibodies were found in 28% of penguins: 25.8% males, 27.8% females, 30.3% unknown sex, 25.4% young, and 31.1% adults. Statistical analyses did not find any difference (P > 0.05) with respect to age, sex, or source of birds. This is the first report of T. gondii antibodies in S. magellanicus. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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