Trypanosoma evansi in capybara from Venezuela
- 1 April 1997
- journal article
- Published by Wildlife Disease Association in Journal of Wildlife Diseases
- Vol. 33 (2) , 359-361
- https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-33.2.359
Abstract
During the slaughtering season of February and March 1991, 559 capybaras (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) were tested for Trypanosoma evansi in two areas in Venezuela: El Frio Ranch and El Cedral Ranch. Blood and serum samples were evaluated for T. evansi. Forty-eight (9%) of 559 capybaras had T. evansi using the microcentrifugation technique. Further, 279 (50%) of the 559 capybaras had antibodies against T. evansi immunofluorescence test in both ranches. Thus, capybaras may be important in the epizootiology of T. evansi in this enzootic area.Keywords
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