Ana Paula Sato, Tiffany Christiny Emmerich da Silva, Thamires Pires de Pontes, Aline Luiza Konell, Luiz Daniel de Barros, Mary Suzan Varaschin, Ivam Moreira de Oliveira Junior, Adrien Wilhelm Dilger Sanches, Rosangela Locatelli-Dittrich
Toxoplasma gondii and Neospora caninum are two closely related protozoans that infect a wide range of animals, including birds. However, the occurrence of N. caninum and T. gondii in seabirds is unknown. Therefore, this study aimed to determine the presence of T. gondii and N. caninum DNA in tissue samples of seabirds. Tissue samples of the pectoral muscles, heart, and brain were collected from 47 birds along the coastline of Santa Catarina State, SC, Brazil. The DNA was extracted from the tissues and screened using nested-PCR (nPCR) targeting internal transcribed spacer 1 (ITS1)...
2024: Brazilian Journal of Veterinary Parasitology