| detection of igg antibodies to neospora caninum and toxoplasma gondii in dogs examined in a veterinary hospital from brazil. | a total of 163 dogs with neuromuscular, respiratory and/or gastrointestinal disorders, was admitted at the veterinary hospital, federal university of uberlândia, brazil, and submitted to serology for toxoplasma gondii and neospora caninum. assays for t. gondii included indirect haemagglutination (iha), indirect fluorescent antibody (ifat-tg), immunoenzymatic (elisa), and immunoblotting (ib-tg). assays for n. caninum included ifat-nc and immunoprecipitation (ip-nc). based on concordant results by ... | 2001 | 11423182 |
| prevalence of toxoplasma gondii and neospora caninum infections in sheep from federal district, central region of brazil. | serum samples from 1028 sheep were collected from 32 herds within federal district, in the central region of brazil. the samples were examined by indirect fluorescent antibody test (ifat) using sera diluted 1:64 and 1:50 as cut-off values for the detection of antibodies against toxoplasma gondii and neospora caninum, respectively. the observed prevalence for t. gondii infection was 38.22% (26.81%<ci 0.95<49.62%), and the titers ranged from 64 to 65536. the observed prevalence for n. caninum infe ... | 2009 | 18726165 |
| [prevalence of antibodies anti-toxoplasma gondii in slaughtered cattle at stockyards in the state of bahia, brazil]. | serum samples of 600 slaughtered cattle from ilhéus and itabuna municipal slaughterhouse and jequié federal slaughterhouse, all of them located in the state of bahia were screened using an indirect immunofluorescent antibody test against toxoplasma gondii. prevalence was 11.83% (71), and positive samples were distributed as 19.3% (37) from ilhéus, 9.8% (21) from itabuna and 6.8% (13) from jequié slaughterhouses respectively. from positive cattle, 91.5% (65) had titles 1:64, and 8.5% (6) had titl ... | 2009 | 19602316 |
| antibodies to toxoplasma gondii and neospora caninum in captive neotropical and exotic wild canids and felids. | this study was designed to detect antibodies to toxoplasma gondii and neospora caninum in wild captive carnivores maintained in brazilian zoos. blood samples were collected from 142 brazilian wild felids and 19 exotic felids in zoos, and 3 european wolves (canis lupus) and 94 brazilian wild canids maintained in captivity in brazilian zoos of são paulo, mato grosso states and federal district. one hundred and two (63.4%) and 70 (50.3%) of the 161 wild felids tested were seropositive for t. gondii ... | 2010 | 20950109 |
| presence of antibodies against toxoplasma gondii, neospora caninum and leishmania infantum in dogs from piau+¡. | this study aimed to evaluate the presence of antibodies against neospora caninum, toxoplasma gondii and leishmania infantum in dogs attended at the veterinary hospital of the federal university of piau+¡, northeastern brazil, where there are no reports of the occurrence of n. caninum and t. gondii in dogs. serum samples from 530 dogs of genders, different ages and breeds from the municipality of teresina and nearby towns were analyzed using three indirect fluorescent antibody tests, each one tar ... | 2011 | 21722484 |
| an estimation of the frequency of gestational toxoplasmosis in the brazilian federal district. | acute infections by the protozoan toxoplasma gondii during pregnancy (gestational toxoplasmosis) are known to cause serious health problems to the fetus (congenital toxoplasmosis). in brasília, there have been few studies on the incidence of toxoplasmosis. this report summarizes a retrospective study performed on 2,636 selected pregnant women attended by the public health system of guará, a satellite-city of brasília. in this survey, 17 cases of gestational toxoplasmosis were detected; 15 of whi ... | 2005 | 16082489 |