| Grant number: | 07/05954-1 |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Master |
| Start date: | March 01, 2008 |
| End date: | February 28, 2010 |
| Field of knowledge: | Agronomical Sciences - Veterinary Medicine - Preventive Veterinary Medicine |
| Principal Investigator: | Helio Langoni |
| Grantee: | Lucilene Granuzzio Camossi |
| Host Institution: | Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia (FMVZ). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de Botucatu. Botucatu , SP, Brazil |
Abstract Toxoplasmosis in sheep is a parasitic disease of great veterinary, husbandry and public health importance, causing productive and economic losses, besides the implication in human health, since the consumption of contaminated meat and milk can facilitate the zoonotic transmission. Toxoplasma gondii detection in sheep milk and the inexistence of reports in the literature about the differentiation of the acute and chronic phases of the disease in this species, motivated the elaboration of this research project. Naturally T. gondii infected sheeps in lactation will be used for the accomplishment. The possible elimination of the parasite in the milk will be searched by PCR's technique. The modified direct agglutination technique (MAT), with formalin (MAT-AF) or methanol (MAT-AM) fixed antigen will be used to differentiate the acute and the chronic phases of the toxoplasmic infection. This serological test constitutes a valuable tool for diagnosis, and it’s able to supply a fast result, with low costs, reproducibility and of high sensitity and specificity. | |
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