Toxoplasmosis in feral wild boars (Sus scrofa) from São Paulo State

• Grant number: 18/23922-4
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master
• Effective date (Start): August 01, 2019
• Effective date (End): July 31, 2020
• Field of knowledge: Agronomical Sciences - Veterinary Medicine - Preventive Veterinary Medicine
• Principal Investigator: Estevam Guilherme Lux Hoppe
• Grantee: Dália Monique Ribeiro Machado
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias (FCAV). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de Jaboticabal. Jaboticabal , SP, Brazil

Abstract

Toxoplasmosis is a worldwide distributed zoonosis caused by Toxoplasma gondii, a zoonotic protozoan that infect a several animal species, including wild boars. Wild boars are currently one of the invasive exotic species that cause great damage to ecosystems and agriculture, also acting as diseases reservoirs. In Brazil, an enactment of lethal control for wild boars was decreed by the Normative Instruction Ibama nº 03/2013, of January 31, 2013, that emphasizes the harmfulness of these animals and disposes about its handling and control. After this authorization, the hunting and, consequntly, the consume of wild boar meat has increased. Thus, the objective of this study is to evaluate the presence of T. gondii in the wild boar tissues, with further molecular characterization, coontributing to the knowledge on the importance of wild boars to the epidemiology of toxoplasmosis in São Paulo.

Scientific publications

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RIBEIRO MACHADO, DALIA MONIQUE; DE BARROS, LUIZ DANIEL; LIMA NINO, BEATRIZ DE SOUZA; POLLO, ANDRESSA DE SOUZA; DOS SANTOS SILVA, ANA CLECIA; PERLES, LIVIA; ANDRE, MARCOS ROGERIO; MACHADO, ROSANGELA ZACARIAS; GARCIA, JOAO LUIS; LUX HOPPE, ESTEVAM GUILHERME. Toxoplasma gondii infection in wild boars (Sus scrofa) from the State of Sao Paulo, Brazil: Serology, molecular characterization, and hunter's perception on toxoplasmosis. VETERINARY PARASITOLOGY- REGIONAL STUDIES AND REPORTS, v. 23, JAN 2021. (18/23922-4)

Academic Publications

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

MACHADO, Dália Monique Ribeiro. Toxoplasmosis in feral wild boars (Sus scrofa) in São Paulo State. 2020. Master's Dissertation - Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp). Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias. Jaboticabal Jaboticabal.