Comparative pathology of neotropical cervids: morphological, immunohistochemical and molecular evaluation

• Grant number: 15/04231-2
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master
• Start date: July 01, 2015
• End date: January 31, 2017
• Field of knowledge: Agronomical Sciences - Veterinary Medicine - Animal Pathology
• Agreement: Coordination of Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES)
• Principal Investigator: Jose Luiz Catao Dias
• Grantee: Pedro Enrique Navas Suárez
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia (FMVZ). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil

Abstract

Neotropical deer's play important roles in ecosystem sustainability and health. Pathological research, as well as, causal agents, are a critical part of their conservation research programs. Wild animals and in particularly deer, have an important role in infectious disease transmission and dissemination that in some cases are relevant to human, pet and production health. This project aims to identify and characterize the cause of death, pathological processes (macroscopic and microscopic) and correlated molecular aspects in deer specimens received at the Laboratory of Wildlife Comparative Pathology (LAPCOM/VPT), FMVZ-USP. Therefore, will be analyzed biological samples (formalin-fixed tissues and paraffin-embedded) of deer kept to LAPCOM from 1995 to 2014, and new cases by July 2016. General information data, necropsy reports and histopathology reports recollected will generate frequency tables; and on this basis, we will determine the cause of death within those established by Montali, 1991: infectious process; suspected infectious process; not infectious process; euthanasia; and indeterminate. Cases where additional diagnostic techniques are required, will be subjected to immunohistochemistry, molecular biology and electron microscopy protocols. We hope this research will bring insight on the health of the Neotropical deer's received at LAPCOM and thus contribute both to neotropical wildlife pathology and neotropical deer conservation. (AU)

Scientific publications

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NAVAS-SUAREZ, PEDRO ENRIQUE; DIAZ-DELGADO, JOSUE; MATUSHIMA, ELIANA REIKO; FAVERO, CINTIA MARIA; SANCHEZ SARMIENTO, ANGELICA MARIA; SACRISTAN, CARLOS; EWBANK, ANA CAROLINA; JOPPERT, ADRIANA MARQUES; BARBANTI DUARTE, JOSE MAURICIO; DOS SANTOS-CIRQUEIRA, CINTHYA; et al. A retrospective pathology study of two Neotropical deer species (1995-2015), Brazil: Marsh deer (Blastocerus dichotomus) and brown brocket deer (Mamma gouazoubira). PLoS One, v. 13, n. 6, JUN 7 2018. (17/02223-8, 15/04231-2)

Academic Publications

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

SUÁREZ, Pedro Enrique Navas. Comparative pathology of Neotropical deer: morphological and immunohistochemical evaluation. 2017. Master's Dissertation - Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia (FMVZ/SBD) São Paulo.