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| Brandão,Laila Natasha Santos; Rosa,Janaina Marcela Assunção; Kramer,Beatris; Sousa,Alessandra Tammy Hayakawa Ito de; Trevisol,Iara Maria; Silva,Virginia Santiago; Nakazato,Luciano; Dutra,Valéria. |
| ABSTRACT: Wild boars (Sus scrofa) have become an important invasive species in all Brazilian regions. Increase in their population causes damage to rural properties, as they invade and destroy crops. To protect their crops and farm animals, producers hunt wild boars and often consume the product without any sanitary control, becoming exposed to various types of pathogens, including Toxoplasma gondii. Sanitary evaluations of these animals are scarce, especially in relation to the protozoan T. gondii. This study aimed to evaluate the occurrence of this pathogen in wild boars in Brazil. We analyzed 122 blood samples from wild boars (blood clots and serum), collected between 2014 and 2016 in five Brazilian states, using polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Toxoplasmosis; Wild boar; Zoonosis. |
| Ano: 2019 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-84782019000300500 |
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