Abomasal fluid analysis in sheep naturally infected by Haemonchus contortus

• Grant number: 11/18767-0
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: December 01, 2011
• End date: November 30, 2012
• Field of knowledge: Agronomical Sciences - Veterinary Medicine - Animal Clinics and Surgery
• Principal Investigator: Raimundo Souza Lopes
• Grantee: Marília Salgado Caxito
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia (FMVZ). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de Botucatu. Botucatu , SP, Brazil

Abstract

The main problem of health in sheep flocks is the tapeworm and the most important nematode is the Haemonchus contortus, a hematophagous parasite of location abomasal, high prevalence, elevated pathogenicity, and responsible for large economic losses. It is assumed that the presence of gastrointestinal helminths may alter the local acidity of the environment parasitized, to prove such a claim will be realized through physicochemical examination of the abomasal fluid of sheep with different parasitic loads. Furthermore, will also be evaluated the complete arthrogram, the plasmatic protein concentration, and coproparasitologic tests.(AU)