Publications

natural infection by endoparasites among free-living wild animals.	the objective of this study was to investigate the frequency of occurrence and variety of intestinal parasites among free-living wild animals. fecal samples from wild mammals and birds at rehabilitation centers in the states of mato grosso do sul and são paulo were analyzed by sedimentation and flotation-centrifugation methods. parasite eggs, oocysts, cysts and/or trophozoites were found in 71% of the samples. cryptosporidium sp. oocysts were detected in fecal samples from oncillas (leopardus ti ...	2013	23778826
fatal proventricular dilatation disease in captive native psittacines in brazil.	an outbreak of proventricular dilatation disease (pdd), a fatal inflammatory disease of psittacines (aves: psittaciformes), is described in native brazilian psittacines. twenty captive psittacines that died of suspected pdd were necropsied and 10 were submitted to histopathology, reverse transcriptase pcr (rt-pcr), and immunohistochemistry (ihc) for avian bornavirus (abv). examined species were one pileated parrot (pionopsitta pileata), three vinaceous-breasted parrots (amazona vinacea), two blu ...	2014	24758135