Serological and molecular techniques assessing the treatment effectiveness against T. vivax in experimentally infected goats

• Grant number: 14/11600-1
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate
• Start date: September 01, 2014
• End date: February 28, 2017
• Field of knowledge: Agronomical Sciences - Veterinary Medicine - Animal Clinics and Surgery
• Agreement: Coordination of Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES)
• Principal Investigator: Fabiano Antonio Cadioli
• Grantee: Paulo Henrique Sampaio
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias (FCAV). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de Jaboticabal. Jaboticabal , SP, Brazil

Abstract

T. vivax is responsible by economic losses in livestock worldwide. Infections in ruminant herds have been occurred with increasing frequency in Brazil. However, during the trypanosomiasis course there are fluctuations in parasitemia or aparasitemic intervals, which makes the diagnosis pof this disease hard to do. The "apparently healthy" animals are responsible for the disease introduction in non-endemic areas. Therefore, it becomes essential to use more accurate tools for the diagnosis of this disease such as serological and molecular methods. The aim of this working is use LAMP and PCR molecular tests as tools to confirm parasitological cure of goats experimentally infected by T. vivax following treatment with diaceturate of diaminazeno or hydrochloride of isometamidium. It is expected that the LAMP test will be more sensitive than conventional PCR for detection of T. vivax DNA. The results may contribute to the development of control actions in disease expansion areas. (AU)

Scientific publications

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CADIOLI, FABIANO ANTONIO; FIDELIS JUNIOR, OTAVIO LUIZ; SAMPAIO, PAULO HENRIQUE; DOS SANTOS, GIULIANA NASCIMENTO; ANDRE, MARCOS ROGERIO; GARCIA DE ALMEIDA CASTILHO, KAYO JOSE; MACHADO, ROSANGELA ZACARIAS. Detection of Trypanosoma vivax using PCR and LAMP during aparasitemic periods. Veterinary Parasitology, v. 214, n. 1-2, p. 174-177, NOV 30 2015. (14/04066-9, 12/02284-3, 11/15945-5, 14/11600-1)

Academic Publications

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

SAMPAIO, Paulo Henrique. Serological and molecular techniques in treatment effectiveness evaluation against Trypanosoma vivax in goats experimentally infected. 2017. Doctoral Thesis - Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp). Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias. Jaboticabal Jaboticabal.