Blood parasites, total plasma protein and packed cell volume of small wild mammals trapped in three mountain ranges of the Atlantic Forest in Southeastern Brazil.
A study of blood parasites in small wild non-flying mammals was undertaken in three areas of the Atlantic Forest in Southeastern Brazil: Serra de Itatiaia, RJ, Serra da Bocaina, SP and Serra da Fartura, SP, from June 1999 to May 2001. A total of 450 animals (15 species) were captured in traps and it was observed in 15.5% of the blood smears the presence of Haemobartonella sp. and Babesia sp. in red blood cells. There was no statistically significant difference between parasited and non-parasited specimens regarding total plasma protein, packed cell volume and body weight, which strongly suggests that these specimens might be parasite reservoirs.
Silva
M A M L
MA
Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária, Centro Universitário da Fundação de Ensino Octávio Bastos, São João da Boa Vista, SP 13874-159, Brazil. psxerife@uol.com.br
Ronconi
A
A
Cordeiro
N
N
Bossi
D E P
DE
Bergallo
H G
HG
Costa
M C C
MC
Balieiro
J C C
JC
Varzim
F L S B
FL
D000818:Animals; D001773:Blood Cells / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000469:parasitology; D001798:Blood Proteins / Q000032:analysis*; D001938:Brazil; D006400:Hematocrit; D008394:Marsupialia / Q000097:blood* / Q000469:parasitology; D010271:Parasites / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012377:Rodentia / Q000097:blood* / Q000469:parasitology
D001798:Blood Proteins