Theileria equi is a tick-borne piroplasm considered endemic in equines in Brazil. The cohabitation of domestic and wild animals in areas of extensive cattle breeding favors the close contact between different species and the sharing of vectors and, consequently, pathogens. We report the natural infection of a young South American tapir (Tapirus terrestris) by T. equi in Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil. Although it was not possible to associate the clinical and hematologic status of the animal with the infection by the protozoan parasite, our report represents an alert on the sharing of pathogens between domestic and wild animals.
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1 April 2017
Natural Infection of the South American Tapir ( Tapirus terrestris) by Theileria equi
Alexandre Welzel Da Silveira,
Gustavo Gomes De Oliveira,
Leandro Menezes Santos,
Lucas Bezerra da Silva Azuaga,
Claudia Regina Macedo Coutinho,
Jessica Teles Echeverria,
Tamires Ramborger Antunes,
Carlos Alberto do Nascimento Ramos,
Alda Izabel de Souza
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Journal of Wildlife Diseases
Vol. 53 • No. 2
April 2017
Vol. 53 • No. 2
April 2017