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Anti-Toxoplasma gondii and anti-Neospora caninum antibodies in capybaras (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) from Itu Municipality, São Paulo

Juliana Aizawa Porto de Abreu, Felipe da Silva Krawczak, Fernanda Passos Nunes, Marcelo Bahia Labruna, Hilda Fátima de Jesus Pena
2016 Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária  

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Capybaras (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) are the largest rodents found in South America. The aim of the present study was to investigate the occurrence of anti-Toxoplasma gondii and anti-Neospora caninum antibodies in 170 free-living capybaras in a residential park area in Itu Municipality, São Paulo State, Brazil. Serum samples were tested by indirect fluorescent antibody test (IFAT) for T. gondii (IFAT ≥ 1:16) and N. caninum (IFAT ≥ 1:50). Among the 170 samples analyzed, 10% (17/170) and 0%
more » ... 17/170) and 0% (0/170) were seropositive for T. gondii and N. caninum, respectively. This study confirms the widespread presence of T. gondii and reinforces the role of capybaras in the life cycle of this parasite. Capybaras may not be important as intermediate hosts of N. caninum in the studied environment.
doi:10.1590/s1984-29612016002 pmid:26982562 fatcat:6qr7elr5mjetbje4wwtn5fca44
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Juliana Aizawa Porto de Abreu, Felipe da Silva Krawczak, Fernanda Passos Nunes, Marcelo Bahia Labruna, Hilda Fátima de Jesus Pena. "Anti-Toxoplasma gondii and anti-Neospora caninum antibodies in capybaras (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) from Itu Municipality, São Paulo." Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária (2016) 116-118