Publications by authors named "Pollyana R C Braga"

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  • * The research involved various methods like antimicrobial susceptibility testing, whole genome sequencing, and conjugation assays to understand the strain's resistance mechanisms and plasmid characteristics.
  • * The findings reveal that strain 195_20 is resistant to multiple antibiotics and carries three significant plasmids related to its resistance genes, highlighting the risk of transmission of these resistant pathogens from animals to humans.
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The increase of anthelmintic resistance in the last years in the nematode population of veterinary importance has become a major concern. The objective of the present study was to evaluate the efficacy of the main anthelmintic drugs available in the market against small strongyles of horses in Brazil. A total of 498 horses from 11 horse farms, located in the states of Paraná, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and Minas Gerais, in Brazil, were treated with ivermectin, moxidectin, pyrantel and fenbendazole, orally at their recommended doses.

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