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Furtado, Mariana Malzoni
[1, 2]
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Gennari, Solange Maria
[1]
;
Ikuta, Cassia Yumi
[1]
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de Almeida Jacomo, Anah Tereza
[2]
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de Morais, Zenaide Maria
[1]
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de Jesus Pena, Hilda Fatima
[1]
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de Oliveira Porfirio, Grasiela Edith
[3]
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Silveira, Leandro
[2]
;
Sollmann, Rahel
[2]
;
de Souza, Gisele Oliveira
[1]
;
Torres, Natalia Mundim
[2, 4]
;
Ferreira Neto, Jose Soares
[1]
Total Authors: 12
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| Affiliation: | [1] Univ Sao Paulo, Fac Med Vet & Zootecnia, Dept Med Vet Prevent & Saude Anim, Sao Paulo - Brazil
[2] Inst Onca Pintada, Jaguar Conservat Fund, Mineiros, Go - Brazil
[3] Univ Catolica Dom Bosco, Programa Posgrad Ciencias Ambientais & Sustentabi, Campo Grande, MS - Brazil
[4] Univ Fed Uberlandia, Inst Ciencias Biomed, Inst Biol, BR-38400 Uberlandia, MG - Brazil
Total Affiliations: 4
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| Document type: | Journal article |
| Source: | PLoS One; v. 10, n. 11 NOV 25 2015. |
| Web of Science Citations: | 7 |
| Abstract | |
This study investigated the exposure of jaguar populations and domestic animals to smooth Brucella, Leptospira spp. and Toxoplasma gondii in the Cerrado, Pantanal and Amazon biomes of Brazil. Between February 2000 and January 2010, serum samples from 31 jaguars (Panthera onca), 1,245 cattle (Bos taurus), 168 domestic dogs (Canis lupus familiaris) and 29 domestic cats (Felis catus) were collected and analysed by rose bengal test for smooth Brucella, microscopic agglutination test for Leptospira spp. and modified agglutination test for T. gondii. Cattle populations from all sites (9.88%) were exposed to smooth Brucella, but only one jaguar from Cerrado was exposed to this agent. Jaguars captured in the Cerrado (60.0%) and in the Pantanal (45.5%) were seropositive for different serovars of Leptospira spp., cattle (72.18%) and domestic dogs (13.1%) from the three sites and one domestic cat from Pantanal were also seropositive for the agent. The most prevalent serotype of Leptospira spp. identified in jaguars from the Cerrado (Grippotyphosa) and the Pantanal (Pomona) biomes were distinct from those found in the domestic animals sampled. Jaguars (100%), domestic dogs (38.28%) and domestic cats (82.76%) from the three areas were exposed to T. gondii. Our results show that brucellosis and leptospirosis could have been transmitted to jaguars by domestic animals; and jaguars probably play an important role in the maintenance of T. gondii in nature. (AU) | |