Serologic survey for selected infectious diseases in free-ranging Brazilian tapirs (Tapirus terrestris) in the cerrado of central Brazil.
From September 2000 to January 2002, a serologic survey was conducted in a population of free-ranging Brazilian tapirs (Tapirus terrestris) inhabiting Emas National Park and surrounding areas in Goiás state, central Brazil, as part of an ecologic study. Ten tapirs were immobilized with a tiletamine-zolazepam combination, and blood samples were collected. All sera were negative for Leptospira spp., Brucella abortus, and equine infectious anemia; and one of 10 animals was positive for Toxoplasma gondii. This report represents the first serologic survey for selected infectious diseases in a free-ranging population of Brazilians tapirs in central Brazil.
Furtado
Mariana Malzoni
MM
Jaguar Conservation Fund, Caixa Postal 193, CEP 75830-000, Mineiros-GO, Brazil. marianafurtado@jaguar.org.br
Jácomo
Anah Tereza de Almeida
AT
Kashivakura
Cyntia Kayo
CK
Tôrres
Natália Mundim
NM
Marvulo
Maria Fernanda Vianna
MF
Ragozo
Alessandra Mara Alves
AM
de Souza
Silvio Luis Pereira
SL
Neto
José Soares Ferreira
JS
Vasconcellos
Silvio Arruda
SA
Morais
Zenaide Maria
ZM
Cortez
Adriana
A
Richtzenhain
Leonardo José
LJ
Silva
Jean Carlos Ramos
JC
Silveira
Leandro
L
D000818:Animals; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D003141:Communicable Diseases / Q000097:blood / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D017753:Ecosystem; D010527:Perissodactyla / Q000097:blood*; D012698:Serologic Tests