Redescription of Procyrnea uncinipenis (Molin, 1860) (Nematoda: Habronematidae) based on material from Rhea americana (L.) (Aves: Rheidae).

A detailed description of Procyrnea uncinipenis (Molin, 1860) (Habronematidae) is provided based on light- and scanning electron microscopy of newly collected material ex Rhea americana (L.) from a private conservation breeding park located in Cachoeiro de Itapemirim (State of Espírito Santo, Brazil). Of the four host specimens analysed, two were infected with P.

[Achatina fulica Bowdich (1822) a new host of Cryptosporidium (Apicomplexa, Cryptosporidiidae) species].

With the objective of isolate Cryptosporidium spp. in Achatina fulica s feces, 50 mollusks were collected in nine neighborhoods of the municipal of Campos dos Goytacazes, RJ to the observation of oocysts in feces. The snails were put in individuals containers and fed with water and green vegetables ad libitum until be collected a gram of feces per animal.

[Risk factors of Cryptosporidium sp. infection in household dogs of Campos dos Goytacazes City on Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil].

Cryptosporidium sp. is an opportunistic protozoan parasite that may infect animals and humans, causing asymptomatic to severe intestinal infections, according to the immunological response of the hosts. The present work had the objective to determine the risk factors involved on Cryptosporidium sp.

[Relative risk of infection of parasites from genus Cryptosporidium in cattle in North of Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil].

The aim of the study was to detect Cryptosporidium oocysts in calves feces throughout North of Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil, as well as to examine the risk factors involved in the animals infection. One hundred young calves on 13 dairy farms were analyzed for oocyst excretion. The samples were submitted to Ritchie and Ziehl-Neelsen modified tests, and the observation of the oocysts was made by using the optical microscope.

[Oocysts from Cryptosporidium spp. isolated from cattle: pleomorfism in relationship to diagnosis methodology].

The aim of this study was to analyze the pleomorfism of Cryptosporidium spp. oocysts isolated from calves feces throughout the comparison of two diagnostic techniques. One hundred of cattle feces were collected and the samples were submitted to both flotation sucrose centrifugation and to Ziehl-Neelsen modified tests.

[Importance of the handling in criptosporidiosis in sheep rearing].

With the objective to verify which are the risk factors in ovine cryptosporidiosis, 130 ovine fecal samples were collected in ten farms in Campos dos Goytacazes and Macaé and analyzed using the modified Ziehl-Neelsen technique. Hygiene, breeding system, clinic alteration, veterinary assistance and source of water which were furnished to the animals were analyzed by χ2 Test and Fisher Exact Test, with Yates correction (when it was necessary) and 95% of confidence interval. Oocysts were observed in 47% of the farms.

Hypnozoites of Cystoisospora Frankel, 1977 (Apicomplexa: Cystoisosporinae) in Mongolian gerbil lymph nodes and their transmission to cats free of coccidia.

Nine Mongolian gerbils (Meriones unguiculatus) were fed with 5.6 x 10(5) Cystoisospora sporulated oocysts orally. After 28 days post inoculation (DPI) four animals were euthanized, and their mesenteric lymph nodes were removed and they were submitted to peptic digestion technique and samples of them were submitted to transmission electron microscopy for hypnozoites identification.

[Toxoplasma gondii in brains of pigs commercialized at the Municipality of Campos dos Goytacazes in the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil].

Brain samples of 12 pigs commercialized for food consumption at the Municipality of Campos dos Goytacazes in the State of Rio de Janeiro were examined for the presence of Toxoplasma gondii. Brain sample of each pig was grinded and submitted to peptic digestion. One ml of the homogenate of each sample was inoculated in three albino mice, and this procedure was repeated 24 hours later.