Title
Presence of Trypanosoma sp. in collared peccaries (Tayassu tajacu) reared in captivity in the tropics of Peru
Other title
Presencia de Trypanosoma sp. en sajinos (Tayassu tajacu) criados en cautiverio en el trópico Peruano
Date Issued
01 January 2010
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Publisher(s)
Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
Abstract
The objective of the present study was to determine the presence of Trypanosoma sp. in collared peccaries reared in captivity in Iquitos and Moyobamba area. Blood samples were collected from 40 animals from 3 months to 2 years of age. Samples were processed by the microcapillary or Woo technique and the blood smear. None of the samples resulted positive to Trypanosoma sp., and probably the low sensitivity of the techniques affected the results. The Monte Carlo risk analysis (@Risk) indicated that the probability to obtain an infected animal in the Moyobamba and Iquitos area was 0.02% and that 95% of the samples were within an interval of 0.006 a 0.854%.
Start page
136
End page
139
Volume
21
Issue
1
Language
Spanish
OCDE Knowledge area
ParasitologÃa
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85047077946
Source
Revista de Investigaciones Veterinarias del Peru
ISSN of the container
16823419
Sponsor(s)
Se colectó 1-3 ml de sangre mediante punción de la vena safena, empleando tubos vacutainer con EDTA. Las muestras se trans-portaron bajo refrigeración al laboratorio, don-de se empleó la técnica del frotis sanguÃneo delgado (Sonnenwirth y Jarett, 1986), para identificar hemoparásitos extracelulares e intracelulares y la técnica del microcapilar (Woo, 1971) o técnica de Woo, la cual es uti-lizada para la detección de protozoarios flagelados y microfilarias de nematodos. En cada caso, se hicieron tres análisis por animal. Además, se determinó el hematocrito.
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