Ehrlichia sp. in dairy cattle from Bahia, Brazil: high seropositivity rates and molecular confirmation of Ehrlichia minasensis.

Background: Ehrlichia spp. are obligate intracytoplasmic Gram-negative tickborne bacteria from the Anaplasmataceae family. Ehrlichiosis is considered an emerging disease in humans and animals.

sp. shed by the common boa snake () in Brazil.

The genus contains around 200 species and 25 of these infect snakes. Two spp. shed by snakes have called special attention of the scientific community.

Reactivity of Horse Sera to Antigens Derived From -Like and .

and are protozoan parasites endemic to the Americas. The former is the major cause of equine protozoal myeloencephalitis, and the latter is associated with pulmonary sarcocystosis in birds. The opossum is the definitive host of these parasites in North America.

Serologic cross-reactivity between Sarcocystis neurona and Sarcocystis falcatula-like in experimentally infected Mongolian gerbils.

Sarcocystis neurona is the major cause of the equine protozoal myeloencephalitis (EPM) in the Americas and has opossums of the genus Didelphis as definitive hosts. Most isolates of Sarcocystis sp. shed by opossums in Brazil differ genetically from the known species of Sarcocystis.

-like derived from opossum in Northeastern Brazil: propagation in avian cells, molecular characterization and bioassay in birds.

Most reported isolates of spp. derived from Brazilian opossums ( sp.) have genetic characteristics distinct from the known species of , but behave similarly as , as they are infective to budgerigars.

Toxoplasmatinae Parasites in Bats from Bahia State, Brazil.

Toxoplasma gondii and Neospora caninum are widespread cyst-forming coccidian parasites of the subfamily Toxoplasmatinae that infect a wide range of wild and domestic animals. Whereas T. gondii is a zoonotic disease, N.

Sarcocystis spp. in sheep and goats: frequency of infection and species identification by morphological, ultrastructural, and molecular tests in Bahia, Brazil.

Sarcocystis spp. are cyst-forming coccidia that infect numerous animals species, including several livestock species. Despite the importance of sheep and goat production in Brazil, little it is known about the Sarcocystis species that infect small ruminants in the country and their potential impact on meat condemnation due to the presence of macroscopic cysts of the parasite.