Abstract
Visceral leishmaniasis is a zoonosis caused in Brazil by Leishmania infantum, and in the country, from 2012 to 2016, 16,233 cases of the disease were reported, with 1223 deaths. The dog acts as the main domestic reservoir of the parasite. It is estimated that the number of dogs infected in Brazil is in the order of millions, and there is an association between the occurrence of infection …