Health profile of wild carnivores at Rio Doce State Park, MG, Brazil

• Grant number: 10/00907-8
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate
• Start date: May 01, 2010
• End date: August 31, 2014
• Field of knowledge: Biological Sciences - Ecology - Applied Ecology
• Principal Investigator: Eliana Reiko Matushima
• Grantee: Cynthia Elisa Widmer de Azevedo
• Host Institution: Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz (ESALQ). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Piracicaba , SP, Brazil

Abstract

Emergence of infectious diseases is greatly related to human and domestic animals contact with wildlife. In Brazil and, regionally, in Minas Gerais state tick-borne diseases, leishmaniasis and rabies are among the most important zoonosis under surveillance. In the last decade, wild carnivores have been pointed out as suitable sentinels for the detection and monitoring of diseases in the environment. Health studies foccusing these animals can provide important insights into the sylvatic cycle of diseases of concern to public and animal health, as well as aid in the detection of risk factors for health and conservation of carnivores own and other wild species.This study will be conducted at Rio Doce State Park. This area is the largest Atlantic Forest reserve in Minas Gerais State (36,970 ha). This study intends to survey different health aspects of the wild carnivores at this state park, with special focus on direct and indirect studies to tick-borne pathogens, cutaneous and visceral leishmaniasis and rabies.

Scientific publications

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

WIDMER, CYNTHIA ELISA; MATUSHIMA, ELIANA REIKO; CASCELLI DE AZEVEDO, FERNANDO CESAR. Clinical Evaluation, Hematology, and Serum Chemistry of Ocelots (Leopardus pardalis) in the Atlantic Forest of Brazil. JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE DISEASES, v. 52, n. 4, p. 916-921, OCT 2016. (10/00907-8)

WIDMER, CYNTHIA ELISA; LAGES PERILLI, MIRIAM LUCIA; MATUSHIMA, ELIANA REIKO; CASCELLI AZEVEDO, FERNANDO CESAR. Captura de jaguatiricas (Leopardus pardalis): armadilhas, iscas, ferimentos, imobilização e custos. Biota Neotropica, v. 17, n. 1, 2017. (10/00907-8)

Academic Publications

(References retrieved automatically from State of São Paulo Research Institutions)

AZEVEDO, Cynthia Elisa Widmer de. Health assessment of ocelots (Leopardus pardalis) from Rio Doce State Park, Minas Gerais, Brazil. 2014. Doctoral Thesis - Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz (ESALA/BC) Piracicaba.