Arquivo Brasileiro de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia (Oct 2008)

Ocorrência de Hepatozoon spp. (Apicomplexa, Hepatozoidae) em serpentes do gênero Bothrops de cativeiro Occurrence of Hepatozoon spp. (Apicomplexa, Hepatozoidae) in snakes of genus Bothrops in captivity

  • V. Glaser,
  • A.P. Boni,
  • C.A.C. Albuquerque

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1590/S0102-09352008000500040
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 60, no. 5
pp. 1288 – 1290

Abstract

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The occurrence of Hepatozoon gamont in the blood cells of Bothrops jararaca and B. jararacussu in captivity was analyzed. The prevalence of infection by Hepatozoon spp. was 50% and few erythrocytes contained the gamonts. Results suggest that the infection by Hepatozoon spp. occurred in the natural environment or after the captivity.

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