Detection of infection with toxoplasma gondii in manatees (trichechus inunguis) of the peruvian amazon
The Amazonian manatee (Trichechus inunguis) is an aquatic mammal that inhabits freshwater environments and is endemic to the Amazon Basin. The presence of Toxoplasma gondii antibodies was investigated in 19 manatees in one rescue unit in the northern region of Peru. Antibodies to T. gondii were dete...
- Autores:
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Mathews Delgado, Patrick
Sanchez perea, Nofre
Mathews Delgado, Jonh Paul
Biffi Garcia, Claudia
Francisco Malheiros, Antonio
Garcia Davila, Carmen Rosa
- Tipo de recurso:
- Article of journal
- Fecha de publicación:
- 2013
- Institución:
- Universidad Nacional de Colombia
- Repositorio:
- Universidad Nacional de Colombia
- Idioma:
- spa
- OAI Identifier:
- oai:repositorio.unal.edu.co:unal/71556
- Acceso en línea:
- https://repositorio.unal.edu.co/handle/unal/71556
http://bdigital.unal.edu.co/36027/
http://bdigital.unal.edu.co/36027/2/
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| Summary: | The Amazonian manatee (Trichechus inunguis) is an aquatic mammal that inhabits freshwater environments and is endemic to the Amazon Basin. The presence of Toxoplasma gondii antibodies was investigated in 19 manatees in one rescue unit in the northern region of Peru. Antibodies to T. gondii were detected in 12 (63.2 %) of 19 animals by using the modified agglutination test (titer, 1:25), and no association between sex and age of the animals and the presence of T. gondii antibodies was observed (p and lt; 0.05). The results suggest a contamination by T. gondii oocysts in the aquatic environment where these animals live. |
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