458 resultados para Zoonoses : Morcegos


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The Sarcocystis genus includes obligatory two-host life cycle protozoan parasites. It is the most numerous of the six genera of the Sarcocystidae family. The infection caused by parasites of this genus is a zoonotic and cosmopolitan disease known as sarcosistosis or sarcosporidiosis. The sarcositosis though frequently asymptomatic in its definitive hosts can be fatal in its intermediate hosts. The usual diagnoses of sarcosistosis takes place through a histological demonstration of schizonts in blood vessels and organs, and the presence of cysts in muscle tissue by necropsy or biopsy, this second method still more common and based on morphological features of the sarcocyst. However, these methods can be inadequate to a precise identification of the infector species once that, besides the genus being of numerous species, these often present similar morphological features. Another factor that makes the diagnostic more difficult is the non specificity of some Sacocystis species to their hosts. Consequently, molecular diagnostic methods have been used in order to identify the infector species and the parasite specific biological cycles, demonstrating also new species and coevolutive aspects between parasite and host. Among the most employed molecular techniques the Polimerase Chain Reaction (PCR), the nested-PCR and the Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism (RFLP) stands out

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The common vampire bat Desmodus rotundus has as main food source blood of medium and large sizes mammals, but sporadically is observed feeding on birds, causing occasionally excessive bleeding and economic losses. Due to this D. rotundus is one of the most studied species of bats in the Americas. Once known that the lunar clarity might influence the nocturnal activities of the common vampire bats, the present study was carried out to know the behavior and schedules of emergencies and returns of bats to the shelter, its social behavior at the shelter´s entrance, especially of the dominant male, and the size and composition of the colony in different moon phases. The colony was composed by 105 individuals (65 females and 40 males) harboring in a hollow-tree of Farm Edgardia in Botucatu Municipality, State of São Paulo. Through the eight filming sessions, two for each moon phase, it was possible to observe that the distribution of emergences and returns to the shelter thought the night followed a specific pattern for each moon phase. The greatest number of emerging bats occurred in periods in which the moon was not born yet and the largest number of returns just before moon has been reached its maximum level in the sky. Therefore, the time period that bats are staying outside the shelter seems to be directly influenced by lunar light. This factor can influence the social activity of the colony and, in particular, the dominant male, who remains still on tree’s trunk, near the entrance of the shelter with greater frequency during periods of low moon light

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The use of light sources in combination with mist nets was tested in order to verify their efficiency for capturing insectivorous bats. Using a ultraviolet light emitting luminous attractive and 10 mist nets mounted in rows, reached the conclusion that such methodology should be futher studied before being efficiently used in order to inventory the species of bats in a region

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Tuberculosis and brucellosis are important diseases in national scenario, as they affect national cattle and can be transmitted to human, as they are zoonosis. The transmission risk increases mostly for those who have strict contact with animals, as is this case of slaughterhouse workers. This paper presents a bibliographic review of data referent to both diseases occurring in bovine slaughterhouse workers in Brazil, characterizing as occupational zoonosis diseases. We still have few data available of this subject, what raise difficulties to know the real incidence of both diseases in national cattle and in people who work in contact with animals, and most of the time are not instructed to the risk that they are exposed and how to prevent it. It’s important to know which is the situation of both diseases so that prevention and even eradication measures can be taken, as we know the Veterinary has an essential function in this matter, protecting animal health as much as protecting national public health

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Plant-frugivore interactions are essential elements in ecosystem and their knowledge can becomes an important tool for the biodiversity maintenance. This study focused on analyzing the trophic structure of volant frugivore community and its implications for conservation. Bats and birds interactions events with plants were taken from three studies realized in Mata da Bica, a fragment of semideciduous seasonal forest in Botucatu- SP, and arranged in a matrix. A total of 40 interactions with 14% of connectance were found and only one dietary overlap between birds and bats was registrated. Carollia perspicillata (Phyllostomidae) bat showed the highest importance index (I=0,33) among the animals and Pereskia aculeata (Cactaceae) was the most important plant species (I=0,42). Birds and bats complemented each other in a possible dispersal process emphasizing different classes of animals’ role in an unique ecological process

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A utilização de novas tecnologias empregando a biologia molecular busca superar os principais problemas encontrados nas vacinas atualmente comercializadas no combate à brucelose bovina. Desta forma, a identificação de proteínas imunogênicas e a posterior transformação dos genes correspondentes em micro-organismos competentes tem sido um dos principais alvos para o desenvolvimento de novas formas de controle da infecção. O presente trabalho tem como objetivo propor, em base teórica, uma vacina de eficácia e segurança superiores às encontradas atualmente no mercado contra a brucelose bovina, antropozoonose contagiosa provocada principalmente pela espécie Brucella abortus. Essa enfermidade produz infecção característica em bovinos e bubalinos e é infecciosa ao homem, causando doença crônica que leva à incapacidade parcial ou total para o trabalho. Por ter distribuição universal, acarreta problemas sanitário e de saúde pública importantes e grandes prejuízos econômicos. A vacina proposta visa o desenvolvimento de microorganismos transformados contendo genes de proteínas de potencial imunológico que, após purificação, são usadas para o combate da doença. As proteínas recombinantes abordadas no presente estudo são as proteína ribossomal L7/L12 e a lumazina sintetase que, ao serem utilizadas em uma vacina subcelular, diferente das comercializadas atualmente, induzem resposta de longa duração, não induzem a produção de anticorpos que interfiram no diagnóstico e não são patogênicas ao homem.

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A atividade biológica de extratos, frações e substâncias puras de Pterogyne nitens foi avaliada em formas epimastigotas das cepas Y e Bolívia de Trypanosoma cruzi, e a citotoxicidade das substâncias com potente atividade tripanocida foi testada em macrófagos murinos pelo método colorimétrico de redução do sal 3-(4,5-dimetiltiazol-2-il)-2-5-difeniltetrazólio (MTT) a formazana, um produto colorido. As mesmas amostras foram também avaliadas quanto a um possível sinergismo com o fármaco benzonidazol. Foram consideradas substâncias ativas contra o parasito: nitensidinas A, D, E e ácido cafeico, com concentrações inibitórias (CI50) inferiores às do benzonidazol (9,01 µg/mL para cepa Y e 25,00 µg/mL para cepa Bolívia). Essas substâncias foram avaliadas quanto a sua citotoxicidade em macrófagos de camundongos isogênicos Balb/c e C57/Black não infectados utilizando-se o mesmo método colorimétrico. Além disso, essas mesmas substâncias foram analisadas em diferentes tempos: 2, 6, 24, 48 e 72 horas, a fim de detectar-se o seu tempo mínimo de ação nos parasitos que foram então observados quanto à sua morfologia através de microscopia de contraste de fase. Os resultados indicam que não há toxicidade seletiva, ou seja, as moléculas se mostraram tóxicas tanto para as cepas testadas do parasito, quanto para macrófagos murinos das linhagens utilizadas. Modificações nas estruturas químicas podem ser sugeridas para que as substâncias continuem ativas contra Trypanosoma cruzi e se tornem menos tóxicas para células de mamíferos

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The alimentary act of three species of frugivorous bats of the genus Artibeus: A. lituratus, A. fimbriatus and A. planirostris, in a total of nine individuals, was studied by observations in field and captivity, during the months of May to September of 2008. With the objective to caracterize the form of consumption of two tipes of fruits (soft and consistent) and it relates with the dentary structure of this bats, the alimentary act was film and analysed later. It had little variation between the species. The fruits had been consumed in similar way, being that statistics analisis had demonstrated that consistent fruits had received more lateral bytes than the soft fruits. The dentary analisis shown that the posterior teeth (pre-molar and molar) present important characteristcs to triturate pieces of more consistent fruits and the incisors serve to scrape the pulp of the soft fruits. This study it served to describe the form of feeding of frugivorous bats, that little is explained in the studies of alimentary behavior

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Pós-graduação em Agronomia (Genética e Melhoramento de Plantas) - FCAV

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Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

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Pós-graduação em Medicina Veterinária - FMVZ

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Pós-graduação em Microbiologia Agropecuária - FCAV

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Pós-graduação em Medicina Veterinária - FCAV

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Parasitos do gênero Cryptosporidium pertencem ao filo Apicomplexa, com localização intracelular e extracitoplasmática obrigatória e se desenvolvem principalmente na superfície das células epiteliais de hospedeiros vertebrados. O cão, possível fonte de infecção humana, elimina oocistos fecais deste protozoário com grande potencial zoonótico no ambiente. O presente estudo teve como objetivo caracterizar molecularmente Cryptosporidium spp. obtidos de amostras fecais de filhotes caninos (naturalmente infectados). Um total de 200 cães foram examinados, sendo 100 machos e 100 fêmeas, 111 de padrão racial determinado e 89 sem raça definida (SRD). Destes, 81 animais, 43, 48 e 28 tinham até dois, de dois a três; de três a seis e de seis a doze meses, respectivamente. Conforme sua origem, os animais eram provenientes dos Municípios de Araçatuba e Votuporanga, SP, sendo que 126 eram de domicílios; 11 mantidos em Centros de Zoonoses; 50 de Pet Shops; 12 de um criatório e uma (0,5%) era errante e havia sido adotada. A ocorrência de Cryptosporidium spp. foi de 1% (2/200). Ambas eram fêmeas, SRD, com idade entre 60 e 90 dias. A de origem residencial apresentava fezes pastosas com coloração castanho claro e a outra, resgatada do CCZ, material fecal escurecido de consistência liquefeita. O sequenciamento dos fragmentos amplificados confirmou a presença de Cryptosporidium canis. A partir dos resultados obtidos neste trabalho, é possível concluir que 2% dos caninos analisados eram hospedeiros de C. canis