Open AccessOcorrência de infecÇão Cryptosporidium spp. em peixe-boi marinho (Trichechus manatus)
Author(s) -
João Carlos Gomes Borges,
Lêucio Câmara Alves,
Jociery Einhardt Vergara-Parente,
Maria Aparecida da Glória Faustino,
Erilane de Castro Lima Machado
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
revista brasileira de parasitologia veterinária/brazilian journal of veterinary parasitology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1984-2961
pISSN - 0103-846X
DOI - 10.4322/rbpv.01801011
Subject(s) - cryptosporidium , feces , biology , zoonosis , captivity , zoology , marine mammal , veterinary medicine , microbiology and biotechnology , virology , ecology , medicine
Cryptosporidiosis is a zoonosis which can affect man and a wide range of domestic and wild animals, mainly immunodeficient individuals. The objective of this paper was reported the occurrence of a Cryptosporidium infection in Antillean manatee. After an unusual behavior of an Antillean manatee kept in captivity at the Centro Mamíferos Aquáticos, ICMBio--FMA, clinical examination and posterior fecal sampling was performed. Fecal samples were examined by the Kinyoun technique, Direct Immunofluorescence Test and also examined by 4',6'-Diamidino-2-Phenylindole (DAPI) staining. At the clinical examination, the animal showed signs of abdominal pain. The results obtained by light and fluorescence microscopy analysis showed the presence of Cryptosporidium spp. oocyst in feces of this manatee.