Investigação de anticorpos contra Sarcocystis neurona e Sarcocystis cruzi em equinos

ABSTRACTSarcocystis neurona is the primary agent for Equine Protozoal Myeloencephalitis (EPM), important neurological disease characterized by behavior or muscular changes, that impairs animal performance and husbandry. Sarcocystis cruzi is a pathogen related to myositis in cattle. Although related the life cycles of the parasites are distinct. S. neurona has opossums (Didelphis spp.) and S. cruzi, dogs as definitive hosts. However, S. neurona and S. cruzi may undergo cross-reactivity in serological tests, interfering on results of EPM ante-mortem diagnostic tests. In the present study, serolo...

• Assuntos:

  • sorologia
  • soroprevalência
  • mieloencefalite equina por protozoário
  • apicomplexa