%0 Journal Article
%T Primeiro relato de Cryptosporidium spp. em emas (Rhea americana) cativas de zool¨®gico no Brasil FIRST REPORT OF Cryptosporidium spp. IN CAPTIVE RHEAS (Rhea americana) IN A BRAZILIAN ZOO
%A RODRIGO LUDWIG
%A SANDRA M¨¢RCIA TIETZ MARQUES
%J Parasitolog¨ªa latinoamericana
%D 2008
%I 
%X Este estudo objetivou avahar a ocorr¨ºncia de oocistos de Cryptosporidium spp. em emas (Rhea americana) cativas no Parque Zool¨®gico da Funda  o Zoobotanica do Rio Grande do Sul, sul do Brasil. Foram identificados oocistos de Cryptosporidium spp. em esfrega os de fezes de emas e em amostras de agua, coradas pela t¨¦cnica de Ziehl-Neelsen modificada. A an¨¢lise morfom¨¦trica dos cocc¨ªdeos revelou peque os oocistos esf¨¦ricos medindo, em media, 4,91 um X 4,91 im e rela  o comprimento/largura de raz o 1. A confirma  o da pr¨ºsera de oocistos  as amostras de fezes e de agua ¨¦ relevante pelo potencial de transmiss o e manuten  o da criptosporidiose em hospedeiros suscept¨ªveis. Este ¨¦ o primeiro relato de Cryptosporidium spp. em R. americana no Brasil. The aim of this study was to evaluate the occurrence of Cryptosporidium spp. oocysts in common rhea (Rhea americana) living in captivity in the zoological park of the Zoobotanical Foundation of the State of Rio Grande do Sul, southern Brazil. Cryptosporidium spp. oocysts were detected in fecal smears of common rhea and in water samples by using the modified Ziehl-Neelsen staining method. The morphometric analysis of coccidia revealed small spherical oocysts, measuring, on average, 4.91 [im x 4.91 fim, and a length/width ratio of 1. The detection of Cryptosporidium spp. oocysts in fecal and water samples is important as it can indicate the transmission and maintenance of cryptosporidiosis in susceptible hosts. This is the first report of Cryptosporidium spp. in R. americana in Brazil.
%K Cryptosporidium spp
%K oocysts
%K common rhea
%K zoo
%K Brazil
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