Brucella suis has been recognized as the major etiological agent of human brucellosis in areas free from Brucella melitensis infection. However, with changes in swine management, the occurrence of swine brucellosis has decreased as has the human incidence of B. suis infection. A swine brucellosis outbreak within a herd from Jaboticabal (São Paulo, Brazil) was detected in July 2006. The herd comprised approximately 300 sows and 1,500 finishing animals. Many sows within this herd experienced abortions, while others exhibited vaginal discharge; three sows suffered posterior paralysis. Among 271 sows, 254 (93.7%) tested positive for brucellosis by complement fixation, and among 62 randomly bled finishing animals, 17 (27.4%) also tested positive. The B. suis biovar 1 was cultured from 14 aborted fetuses and six sows. Brucella was identified using routine methods. Fourteen farm workers were tested using agglutination tests, with three workers showing evidence of Brucella antibody titers. A 39-year-old woman, who worked with maternal pigs and had direct contact with aborted fetuses, presented an agglutinating titer of 480 IU/mL and displayed clinical signs of infection. Our findings suggest that despite a reduction of swine brucellosis throughout Brazil, B. suis infection still occurs, thereby posing a zoonotic risk.

ResumoO vírus da Leucemia Viral Felina (FeLV) é um Gammaretrovírus, da família Retroviridae, que é transmitido, principalmente, pela exposição oronasal e afeta tanto gatos domésticos quanto, felinos selvagens, debilitando o sistema imunológico. A doença tem grande relação com alta densidade populacional e pode ser transmitida pela saliva, sangue, urina, via transplacentária dentre outros. É uma doença que pode se apresentar tanto de forma neoplásica quanto não neoplásica e imunossupressora, e sua gravidade varia dependendo das características genéticas da variante infectante do vírus. O tratamento da FeLV é de acordo com a doença secundária e no caso das neoplasias, a quimioterapia associada pode ser relativamente eficaz.Palavras-chave: Felinos, FeLV, Gammaretrovírus.

Helminths are endoparasites that infect a variety of bird species. Endoparasite infections can cause severe diseases, including kill captive avian hosts and represents a problem to maintenance and conservation. The eggs and larval forms of these parasites are usually eliminated in the host feces. The main interest of this study is to report the occurrence of eggs and oocysts in feces from captive wild birds in Goiânia Zoo and free-living birds in its surroundings. The fecal samples were subjected to parasitological examination to identify the presence of helminths and to classify their eggs based on morphological characteristics. Eggs of nematode parasites (Positive/N) were identified as Ascaridia spp. in Brotogeris chiriri (2/2), Dromaius novaehollandiae (1/1) and Rhea americana (2/2); Ascarididae in Pavo cristatus nigripensis (1/1); Capillaria spp. in Ara chloropterus (1/1) and Penelope jacucaca (1/1); Capillaria plagiaticia in Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus (1/2) and Ara spp. (2/2); Capillaria venusta in Rhamphastus tucanus (1/2); and unidentified nematode eggs from Amazona amazonica (2/2). Eimeria spp. oocyst was founded in feces from A. hyacinthinus (1/2). Considering free-living birds, Diphyllobothrium spp. eggs were founded in Ardea alba (2/2) and Nycticorax nycticorax (2/3). Co-infection of Eustrongylides spp. was founded in A. alba (1/2). This is the first occurrence of: Ascaridia spp. parasitizing B. chiriri; and C. venusta parasitizing R. tucanus. In conclusion, the helminth eggs found in the abovementioned host bird species are consistent with those reported in the literature, and treatment and control protocols were based on their identification.

A leishmaniose é uma antropozoonose causada pela Leishmania spp e transmitida pelo vetor (20/94) afirmaram ser por meio da picada de um mosquito, sendo que apenas 1,1% (01/94) afirmaram ser pela picada do mosquito palha; e 8,5% (8/94) disseram que a leishmaniose pode ser transmitida por outras formas como fezes de gato, enchentes e água contaminada, caramujo, urina e fezes de animais. Sobre a forma de prevenção, 88,3% (83/94) não souberam responder, 4,25% (4/94) disseram que pode ser por meio da limpeza do ambiente e saneamento, 4,25% (4/94) citaram os cuidados com animais e que a vacinação poderia contribuir para a diminuição do risco da transmissão pelo vetor, 2,1% (2/94) dos docentes lembraram-se da importância da higiene básica e da educação em saúde. Um docente (1,1%) comentou ser importante evitar o contato com enxurradas e com água contaminada. Concluiuse que a maioria dos entrevistados não possui conhecimento sobre leishmaniose, e em alguns casos existe a confusão com outras doenças, sendo assim, é extremamente importante que a população receba mais informações sobre o controle e prevenção dessa enfermidade por parte dos profissionais da área da saúde.