Trypanosoma evansi in capybara from Venezuela.
During the slaughtering season of February and March 1991, 559 capybaras (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) were tested for Trypanosoma evansi in two areas in Venezuela: El Frio Ranch and El Cedral Ranch. Blood and serum samples were evaluated for T. evansi. Forty-eight (9%) of 559 capybaras had T. evansi using the microcentrifugation technique. Further, 279 (50%) of the 559 capybaras had antibodies against T. evansi immunofluorescence test in both ranches. Thus, capybaras may be important in the epizootiology of T. evansi in this enzootic area.
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Programa de Producción Agrícola Animal, Universidad Nacional Experimental de los Llanos Occidentales Ezequiel Zamora. Guanare, Estado Portuguesa, Venezuela.
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Rivera
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D000818:Animals; D000913:Antibodies, Protozoan / Q000097:blood; D005260:Female; D019084:Fluorescent Antibody Technique, Indirect / Q000662:veterinary; D008297:Male; D018512:Parasitemia / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*; D012376:Rodent Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012377:Rodentia; D014345:Trypanosoma / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification; D014352:Trypanosomiasis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*; D014687:Venezuela / Q000453:epidemiology
D000913:Antibodies, Protozoan