Associated Professor, Parasitic Diseases of Animals at Unesp, Araçatuba, São Paulo, Brasil. Professor Graduate Program in Animal Science, Unesp Araçatuba, SP, Brasil and the Professor Graduate Program in Veterinary Medicine, Unesp, Jaboticabal, SP, Brasil. Colaborator at the Institute of Computing (Laboratory of Image Data Science/LIDS) of UNICAMP.
Katia Denise Saraiva Bresciani
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Quick ViewThe aim of this book is to clarify the epidemiologic aspects and control related to cryptosporidiosis in humans and domestic animals. Obligate intracellular parasites, the protozoa of the genus Cryptosporidium develop in the microvilli of the epithelial cells of the gastrointestinal tract, respiratory and urinary tracts of mammals, birds, reptiles and fish, and cause disease…
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Quick ViewThe pet market is gradually expanding, which has encouraged entrepreneurs already established in the field and also entrepreneurs who may wish to invest in this segment. Few studies intend to clarify the entrepreneurial side, and thus attempt to improve the quality and profitability of business in veterinary medicine. Entrepreneurship is focused on the identification of…
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Quick ViewToxoplasmosis 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…
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Dogs play a relevant role as definitive hosts of a large number of endoparasites, shedding gastrointestinal helminth larvae and eggs and protozoan cysts and oocysts in their feces. The high frequency of Ancylostoma spp. and Toxocara canis justifies the concern about this worldwide problem, emphasizing its relevance from an epidemic-sanitary point of view, since evolutionary…
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Quick ViewCanine scabies is a parasitic dermopathy of importance in Veterinary Medicine and Public Health due to its moderate zoonotic and infecting potential. It is caused by the burrowing mite Sarcoptes scabiei var. canis which attacks the superficial layers of the host’s skin. The main clinical sign is intense itching, which affects most infected dogs, causing…
