Main Canine Protozoan Zoonosis

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Series: Veterinary Sciences and Medicine
BISAC: SCI045000

Toxoplasmosis is a zoonosis caused by the obligate intracellular parasite protozoan Toxoplasma gondii, which has worldwide distribution and infects most warm-blooded animals, including pets and man. The protozoan can be transmitted especially by ingestion of tissue cysts present in raw or undercooked meat, by contamination of food with oocysts from the feces of infected felids and by transplacental route. Dogs can be considered animal sentinels for T. gondii infection and as dogs can possibly serve as mechanical carriers of this parasite, there is a need for a continuing education program for canine toxoplasmosis control. This book focuses on specific reasons there should be continuing education programs for canine toxoplasmosis control. It also continues by discussing the control of visceral leishmaniasis; canine cryptosporidiosis; chagas disesae control; and the relevance of canine giardiasis on public health.

 

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Preface

Acknowledgment

Chapter 1 – Need for a Continuing Education Program for Canine Toxoplasmosis Control (pp. 1-14)
Katia Denise Saraiva Bresciani, Lucilene Granuzzio Camossi, Daniel Fontana Ferreira Cardia, Luiz da Silveira Neto, Lucas Shigaki de Matos, Weslen Fabricio Pires Teixeira, Jose Antonio Soares, Thais Rabelo dos Santos, Jancarlo Ferreira Gomes and Alvimar José da Costa (UNESP, Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária de Araçatuba, Araçatuba, São Paulo, and others)

Chapter 2 Considerations About Visceral Leishmaniasis and Its Control (pp. 15-30)
Milena Araúz Viol, Elizabeth Bilsland, Luiz da Silveira Neto, Willian Marinho Dourado Coelho, Saulo Nery Loyola, Monally Conceição Costa de Aquino and Katia Denise Saraiva Bresciani (UNESP, Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária de Araçatuba, Araçatuba, São Paulo, and others)

Chapter 3 Canine Cryptosporidiosis: An Understudied and Underdiagnosed (pp. 31-50)
Lucas Shigaki de Matos, Giovanni Widmer, Julia Cestari Pierucci, Willian Marinho Dourado Coelho, Luiz da Silveira Neto, Sandra Valéria Inácio, Natalia Marinho Dourado Coelho, Weslen Fabricio Pires Teixeira and Katia Denise Saraiva Bresciani (UNESP, Universidade Estadual Paulista Julio de Mesquita Filho, Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias, Jaboticabal, São Paulo, and others)

Chapter 4 Attention to Chagas Disease Control (pp. 51-66)
Weslen Fabricio Pires Teixeira, Alvimar José da Costa, Willian Marinho Dourado Coelho, Milena Araúz Viol, Breno Cayeiro Cruz, Lucas Vinicius Shigaki de Matos, Luiz da Silveira Neto, Renato Andreotti e Silva and Katia Denise Saraiva Bresciani (UNESP, Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho, Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias, UNESP, Jaboticabal, São Paulo, and others)

Chapter 5 Relevance of Canine Giardiasis on Public Health: Association of Therapy and Environmental Control Is Crucial (pp. 66-78)
Luiz da Silveira Neto, Lucas Vinícius Shigaki de Matos, Sandra Valéria Inácio, Jancarlo Ferreira Gomes, Thais Rabelo dos Santos and Katia Denise Saraiva Bresciani (UNESP, Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho, Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias, UNESP, Jaboticabal, São Paulo, and others)

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