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Toxoplasmose canina: aspectos clínicos e patológicos

2008; UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DE LONDRINA; Volume: 29; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.5433/1679-0359.2008v29n1p189

ISSN

1679-0359

Autores

Kátia Denise Saraiva Bresciani, Alvimar José da Costa, Italmar Teodorico Navarro, Gilson Hélio Toniollo, Cláudio Alessandro Massamitsu Sakamoto, Tiago Pereira Arantes, Solange María Gennari,

Tópico(s)

Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments

Resumo

Inquiries about toxoplasmosis are essential because its zoonotic potential and pathogenicity in pets and production animals. The dog can be involved in the mechanical transmission of the infection by Toxoplasma gondii and in spite of not being the definitive host, it has an epidemiological role in this disease. The high rate of dogs naturally infected by T. gondii and the great possibility of adquiring this protozoan, justify the importance of attempting against for the occurrence of this illness. The aim of this article was to demonstrated through literature revision, some clinical aspects, epidemic and pathological of the toxoplasmosis in the canine species.

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