Molecular Ecology of the Southern Gray Brocket Deer (Mazama gouazoubira Fischer, 1814)

González, Susana; Aristimuño, María Pía; Elizondo, Claudia; Bidegaray‐Batista, Leticia; Peres, Pedro Henrique de Faria; Duarte, José Maurício Barbanti

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-33334-8_4

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“…This condition may have degraded the DNA of interest, and the parasites present in the samples too. It should also be noted that the low identity found in the sequences of this study with the reference deposited in GenBank may be attributed to the high genetic variation that has been reported in Neotropical deer, based on the analysis of the mitochondrial genome, in a comparison of the genetic material of these animals from different locations [50]. This difficulty is confirmed by the paucity of parasitological studies found in the literature on this animal, highlighting one conducted on a private reserve in Bolivia and two in Brazil, one of them at a Rehabilitation Center, and the other in a Conservation Reserve [51][52][53].…”

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Zoonotic Parasites in Artiodactyls with Emphasis on the Feral Boar in the Atlantic Forest, State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Pinheiro,

Bruno,

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et al. 2023

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Background: The purpose of this study was to identify the species of artiodactyl host related to the fecal matter collected in a forest area in Rio de Janeiro state and carry out a parasitological investigation. Methods: Artiodactyl feces were collected between 2020 and 2021. The fecal samples were examined to identify the host through macroscopic and molecular analysis. The remaining samples were subjected to a fecal parasite analysis using microscopic techniques, and feces containing cysts of the phylum Ciliophora underwent a molecular analysis. Results: Of the 101 samples collected, 71.3% were found in Pavão Valley, the most anthropized area of the park. In the molecular analysis, 79 samples were identified as belonging to Sus scrofa and 2 as Mazama gouazoubira. The most frequently detected forms were cysts of the phylum Ciliophora (39.6%), followed by eggs of Ascaris spp. (11.8%) and Metastrongylus spp. (5.9%). Nucleotide sequences of Balantioides coli were characterized in 26 samples, and in 13 samples variants of type B0 and in 11 type A0 were identified. Conclusions: It should be noted that this is the first study in the Americas that has identified B. coli in free-living S. scrofa feces, citing this bioinvader as one of the reservoirs of this parasite.

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