title: Serosurvey of Smooth Brucella, Leptospira spp. and Toxoplasma gondii in Free-Ranging Jaguars (Panthera onca) and Domestic Animals from Brazil.
abstract: This study investigated the exposure of jaguar populations and domestic animals to smooth Brucella, Leptospira spp. and Toxoplasma gondii in the Cerrado, Pantanal and Amazon biomes of Brazil. Between February 2000 and January 2010, serum samples from 31 jaguars (Panthera onca), 1,245 cattle (Bos taurus), 168 domestic dogs (Canis lupus familiaris) and 29 domestic cats (Felis catus) were collected and analysed by rose bengal test for smooth Brucella, microscopic agglutination test for Leptospira spp. and modified agglutination test for T. gondii. Cattle populations from all sites (9.88%) were exposed to smooth Brucella, but only one jaguar from Cerrado was exposed to this agent. Jaguars captured in the Cerrado (60.0%) and in the Pantanal (45.5%) were seropositive for different serovars of Leptospira spp., cattle (72.18%) and domestic dogs (13.1%) from the three sites and one domestic cat from Pantanal were also seropositive for the agent. The most prevalent serotype of Leptospira spp. identified in jaguars from the Cerrado (Grippotyphosa) and the Pantanal (Pomona) biomes were distinct from those found in the domestic animals sampled. Jaguars (100%), domestic dogs (38.28%) and domestic cats (82.76%) from the three areas were exposed to T. gondii. Our results show that brucellosis and leptospirosis could have been transmitted to jaguars by domestic animals; and jaguars probably play an important role in the maintenance of T. gondii in nature.
authors.affiliation: Jaguar Conservation Fund/ Instituto Onça-Pintada, Mineiros, Goiás, Brasil.|Departamento de Medicina Veterinária Preventiva e Saúde Animal, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil.
authors.forename: Mariana Malzoni
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Furtado
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Medicina Veterinária Preventiva e Saúde Animal, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil.
authors.forename: Solange Maria
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Gennari
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Medicina Veterinária Preventiva e Saúde Animal, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil.
authors.forename: Cassia Yumi
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Ikuta
authors.affiliation: Jaguar Conservation Fund/ Instituto Onça-Pintada, Mineiros, Goiás, Brasil.
authors.forename: Anah Tereza de Almeida
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Jácomo
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Medicina Veterinária Preventiva e Saúde Animal, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil.
authors.forename: Zenaide Maria
authors.initials: ZM
authors.lastname: de Morais
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Medicina Veterinária Preventiva e Saúde Animal, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil.
authors.forename: Hilda Fátima de Jesus
authors.initials: HF
authors.lastname: Pena
authors.affiliation: Universidade Católica Dom Bosco, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Ambientais e Sustentabilidade Agropecuária, Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brasil.
authors.forename: Grasiela Edith de Oliveira
authors.initials: GE
authors.lastname: Porfírio
authors.affiliation: Jaguar Conservation Fund/ Instituto Onça-Pintada, Mineiros, Goiás, Brasil.
authors.forename: Leandro
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Silveira
authors.affiliation: Jaguar Conservation Fund/ Instituto Onça-Pintada, Mineiros, Goiás, Brasil.
authors.forename: Rahel
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sollmann
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Medicina Veterinária Preventiva e Saúde Animal, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil.
authors.forename: Gisele Oliveira
authors.initials: GO
authors.lastname: de Souza
authors.affiliation: Jaguar Conservation Fund/ Instituto Onça-Pintada, Mineiros, Goiás, Brasil.|Instituto de Biologia, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas, Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, Brasil.
authors.forename: Natália Mundim
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: Tôrres
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Medicina Veterinária Preventiva e Saúde Animal, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil.
authors.forename: José Soares
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Ferreira Neto
mesh_terms: D000820:Animal Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000469:parasitology; D000818:Animals; D000829:Animals, Domestic; D001938:Brazil; D002002:Brucella / Q000276:immunology*; D002006:Brucellosis / Q000662:veterinary*; D002417:Cattle; D004285:Dogs; D005843:Geography; D007919:Leptospira / Q000276:immunology*; D007922:Leptospirosis / Q000662:veterinary*; D046009:Panthera / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000469:parasitology*; D014122:Toxoplasma / Q000276:immunology*; D014124:Toxoplasmosis, Animal / Q000276:immunology*