Blood parasites, total plasma protein and packed cell volume of small wild mammals trapped in three mountain ranges of the Atlantic Forest in Southeastern Brazil
| Autor: | Júlio Cesar de Carvalho Balieiro, Fernanda Leme Silva Bastos Varzim, M C C Costa, N Cordeiro, A Ronconi, H. G. Bergallo, D. E. P. Bossi, Maria Adriana Machado Lobo e Silva |
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| Rok vydání: | 2007 |
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Cell volume
Zoology Rodentia Biology Hematocrit lcsh:Botany lcsh:Zoology medicine Animals Parasite hosting Parasites Atlantic forest lcsh:QL1-991 Blood parasites lcsh:Science lcsh:QH301-705.5 packed cell volume Blood Cells Total plasma medicine.diagnostic_test Ecology Blood Proteins Blood proteins lcsh:QK1-989 Babesia sp blood parasites Marsupialia lcsh:Biology (General) plasma protein Atlantic Forest wild mammals lcsh:Q General Agricultural and Biological Sciences Brazil |
| Zdroj: | ResearcherID Brazilian Journal of Biology, Vol 67, Iss 3, Pp 531-535 Scopus-Elsevier |
| ISSN: | 1519-6984 |
| DOI: | 10.1590/s1519-69842007000300019 |
| Popis: | A study of blood parasites in small wild non-flying mammals was undertaken in three areas of the Atlantic Forest in Southeastern Brazil: Serra de Itatiaia, RJ, Serra da Bocaina, SP and Serra da Fartura, SP, from June 1999 to May 2001. A total of 450 animals (15 species) were captured in traps and it was observed in 15.5% of the blood smears the presence of Haemobartonella sp. and Babesia sp. in red blood cells. There was no statistically significant difference between parasited and non-parasited specimens regarding total plasma protein, packed cell volume and body weight, which strongly suggests that these specimens might be parasite reservoirs. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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