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Ixodidae encontrados no Avestruz (Struthio camelus Linnaeus, 1766) em Portugal.
Cortes, Helder; Caeiro, V.Ostriches are acquiring a status of species for livestock production in Portugal. The introduction of this species can lead to new animal and public health problems. Ixodidae in two ostrich herds have been found following our veterinary parasitological activity. As ticks are vectors and agents of diseases, such as Crimean-Congo Haemorrhagic Fever (CCHF) we are compelled to keep epidemiological surveillance on t...
Isolation of Besnoitia besnoiti from infected cattle in Portugal
Cortes, H.C.E.; Reis, Y.; Waap, H.; Vidal, R.; Soares, H.; Marques, I.; Pereira da Fonseca, I.; Fazendeiro, I.; Ferreira, M.L.; Caeiro, V.; Shkap, V.Abstract Besnoitia besnoiti, an obligate intracellular protozoan parasite belonging to the phylum apicomplexa, is the causative agent of bovine besnoitiosis. Besnoitiosis is responsible for significant losses in the cattle industry of Africa and Mediterranean countries due to the high morbidity rate, abortion and infertility in males. The acute stage of disease is associated with the proliferative forms (tachyz...
Contribuição para o estudo da besnoitiose bovina em Portugal.
Cortes, Helder; Ferreira, M.L.; Vidal, R.; Serra, P.; Caeiro, V.Bovine besnoitiosis is a parasitic disease caused by the protozoa Besnoitia besnoiti (Marotel, 1912) that presents an acute phase (with fever and anasarca) and a chronic phase (with sclerodermitis), and has been characterized by high morbidity and low mortality (Ferreira, 1985). A study on the presence of besnoitiosis was carried out in October 2001 on a beef cattle herd located in the Évora region. On this far...
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