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SEROLOGIC SURVEY FOR SELECTED INFECTIOUS DISEASES IN FREE-RANGING BRAZILIAN TAPIRS (TAPIRUS TERRESTRIS) IN THE CERRADO OF CENTRAL BRAZIL
Fecha
2010Registro en:
JOURNAL OF ZOO AND WILDLIFE MEDICINE, v.41, n.1, p.133-136, 2010
1042-7260
10.1638/2007-0087.1
Autor
FURTADO, Mariana Malzoni
JACOMO, Anah Tereza de Almeida
KASHIVAKURA, Cyntia Kayo
TORRES, Natalia Mundim
MARVULO, Maria Fernanda Vianna
RAGOZO, Alessandra Mara Alves
SOUZA, Silvio Luis Pereira de
FERREIRA NETO, Jose Soares
VASCONCELLOS, Silvio Arruda
MORAIS, Zenaide Maria
CORTEZ, Adriana
RICHTZENHAIN, Leonardo Jose
SILVA, Jean Carlos Ramos
SILVEIRA, Leandro
Institución
Resumen
From September 2000 to January 2002, a serologic survey was conducted in a population of free-ranging Brazilian tapirs (Tapirus terrestris) inhabiting Emas National Park and surrounding areas in Goias state. central Brazil, as part of an ecologic study. Ten tapirs were immobilized with a tiletamine-zolazepam combination. and blood samples were collected. All sera were negative for Leptospira spp.. Brucella abortus, and equine infectious anemia; and one of 10 animals was positive for Toxoplasma goudii. This report represents the first serologic survey for selected infectious diseases in a free-ranging population or Brazilians tapirs in central Brazil.