10 articles in this issue
Adriana Akemi Kuniy, Ciro Antônio Dias, Celso de Souza, Francisco Conrado de Mendonça Uchoa, Thaís Guimarães Luiz, Monicque Silva Pereira, Débora Bonilha Vasquez, Marcello Schiavo Nardi, Priscila Machion Leonis, Vitor Arruda, Sóstenes Pelegrini, Harley Sebastião da Silva, Leandro Godoy, Thiago Macek Gonçalves Zahn
This study reports the factors which led a gated community located in Bragança Paulista (SP, Brazil), a non-endemic area for Brazilian Spotted Fever (BSF), to be classified as a Risk Area for transmission of this disease, showing that an increasing reside... see more
Cristiane de Morais Alves, Elaine Maria Seles Dorneles, Luciana Faria de Oliveira, José Soares Ferreira Neto, Vitor Salvador Picão Gonçalves, José Ricardo Lôbo, Marcos Bryan Heinemann, Andrey Pereira Lage
A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil, with the aim to assess aspects of cattle production. A multistage clustering model was used to select 2,202 farms in seven cattle production strata in the state, and a... see more
Pedro Henrique Magalhães Cardoso, Arthur Roberto da Costa, Simone de Carvalho Balian
This study analyzed the ectoparasitic fauna of freshwater ornamental fish marketed by a wholesaler in the São Paulo city. This study was undertaken from January to December 2016. A total of 268 freshwater ornamental fishes of various species that showed s... see more
Karina Costa Coelho Gonçalves, Maria Regina Reis Amendoeira, Kênia de Fátima Carrijo, Daniela Leles, Guilherme Mendes Borges Nunes, Adriana Pittella Sudré, Gabriela Cardoso Góes, Rodrigo Caldas Menezes, Patricia Riddell Millar
This study aimed to determine the occurrence of anti-Toxoplasma gondii antibodies in the serum of slaughtered chickens in the region of Triângulo Mineiro, Minas Gerais, Brazil, to detect the parasite in tissues (heart and brain) of serologically positive ... see more
Catia Helena de Almeida Lima Massari, Nadini Oliveira Martins, Angela Faustino Jozala, Denise Grotto, Marli Gerenutti
Reproductive and developmental toxicology has focused on the need to approach the effects of organism exposure to various drugs during pregnancy after the mid-50’s, when the thalidomide tragedy stroke humanity. In recent decades, this area of study has de... see more
Valéria Macedo Almeida Camilo, Jamille da Conceição Souza, Fernanda de Freitas, Felipe Silva de Miranda, Sofia Campiolo, Guisla Boehs
Several studies show the presence of protozoa of the genus Nematopsis Schneider, 1892, in many species of bivalves. The pathogenicity of this Apicomplexa is still much debated, which is possibly related to the parasitism degree and host habitat. In this c... see more
Dara Rúbia Souza Silva, Mônica Duarte da Silva, Marcos Paulo Batista de Assunção, Eduardo Paul Chacur, Daniela Cristina de Oliveira Silva, Roseâmely Angélica de Carvalho Barros, Zenon Silva
The hoary fox (Lycalopex vetulus, Lund, 1842) is the smallest Brazilian canid, whose weight varies between 2 and 4 kg, has a slender body, a small head, and a short and blackened snout. Despite being considered an endemic species, little is known about th... see more
Patricia Rossi Moriconi, Cássia Yumi Ikuta, Fábio Gregori, Gisele de Oliveira, Sheila de Oliveira, Paloma de Oliveira Tonietti, José Soares Ferreira Neto, Fernando Ferreira, Adriana Cortez, Evelise Oliveira Telles
Mycobacterium bovis is the causative agent of bovine tuberculosis, a disease that affects dairy herds throughout the Brazilian territory, constituting a neglected zoonosis transmitted by raw milk and its derivatives. In this study, we evaluated the presen... see more
Shahabodin Gharahveysi, Hadi Ghezelsoflou
From the past to now, body conformation is an instrument for the Iranian horse judging. This research aimed to study and estimate the genetic and nongenetic parameters of limb conformation traits in the Iranian Turkoman horses. Therefore, body conformatio... see more
Tânia Ribeiro Junqueira Borges, Lucas de Assis Ribeiro, Fabiano Braz Romão, Henrique Inhauser Riceti Magalhães, Marcos Martins Luz, Jeferson Borges Barcelos, Lázaro Antônio dos Santos, Frederico Ozanam Carneiro e Silva
The heart of a domestic swine is similar to that of a human regarding anatomy, blood perfusion, and distribution of nurturing arteries. In addition to the similarities, its low cost compared with other species is also one of the reasons these animals have... see more