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Eared doves (Zenaida auriculata), which are common in urban, rural and wild areas in many regions of Brazil, are frequently prey for domestic cats. Therefore Toxoplasma gondii isolates obtained from doves may reflect greater environmental diversity than those from other hosts. The aim of the present study was to evaluate T. gondii seroprevalence, isolate and genotype strains from Z. auriculata. Serum and tissue samples were collected from 206 doves for use in the modified agglutination test (MAT) and mouse bioassay. The prevalence of T. gondii antibodies in the doves was 22.3% (46/206), with titers ranging from 16 to 4096, and T. gondii strains were isolated from 12 of these doves. Five genotypes were detected by means of PCR-RFLP, including ToxoDB genotypes #1, #6, #17 and #65, and one genotype that had not previously been described (ToxoDB#182). This was the first report on isolation of T. gondii from Z. auriculata. This study confirmed the genetic diversity of T. gondii isolates and the existence of clonal type II (ToxoDB genotype #1) in Brazil.

Pombos silvestres (Zenaida auriculata), comuns em áreas urbanas, rurais e selvagens em muitas regiões do Brasil, são frequentemente predados por gatos domésticos. Sendo assim, os isolados de T. gondii obtidos de pombos podem refletir uma maior diversidade ambiental do que os outros hospedeiros. O objetivo do presente estudo foi avaliar a soroprevalência, isolar e genotipar T. gondii de Z. auriculata. Amostras de soro e tecido foram coletadas de 206 pombos para o teste de aglutinação modificado (MAT) e o bioensaio em camundongos. A prevalência de anticorpos contra T. gondii em pombos foi 22,3% (46/206), com títulos variando de 16 a 4096, e T. gondii foi isolado de 12 pombos. Cinco genótipos foram detectados por PCR-RFLP, incluindo os genótipos ToxoDB #1, #6, #17, #65 e um genótipo não descrito anteriormente (ToxoDB#182). Esse é o primeiro relato de isolamento de T. gondii de Z. auriculata. Este estudo também confirmou a diversidade dos isolados de T. gondii e a presença de tipo clonal II (ToxoDB #1) no Brasil.

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Eared doves (Zenaida auriculata), which are common in urban, rural and wild areas in many regions of Brazil, are frequently prey for domestic cats. Therefore Toxoplasma gondii isolates obtained from doves may reflect greater environmental diversity than those from other hosts. The aim of the present study was to evaluate T. gondii seroprevalence, isolate and genotype strains from Z. auriculata. Serum and tissue samples were collected from 206 doves for use in the modified agglutination test (MAT) and mouse bioassay. The prevalence of T. gondii antibodies in the doves was 22.3% (46/206), with titers ranging from 16 to 4096, and T. gondii strains were isolated from 12 of these doves. Five genotypes were detected by means of PCR-RFLP, including ToxoDB genotypes #1, #6, #17 and #65, and one genotype that had not previously been described (ToxoDB#182). This was the first report on isolation of T. gondii from Z. auriculata. This study confirmed the genetic diversity of T. gondii isolates and the existence of clonal type II (ToxoDB genotype #1) in Brazil.

Pombos silvestres (Zenaida auriculata), comuns em áreas urbanas, rurais e selvagens em muitas regiões do Brasil, são frequentemente predados por gatos domésticos. Sendo assim, os isolados de T. gondii obtidos de pombos podem refletir uma maior diversidade ambiental do que os outros hospedeiros. O objetivo do presente estudo foi avaliar a soroprevalência, isolar e genotipar T. gondii de Z. auriculata. Amostras de soro e tecido foram coletadas de 206 pombos para o teste de aglutinação modificado (MAT) e o bioensaio em camundongos. A prevalência de anticorpos contra T. gondii em pombos foi 22,3% (46/206), com títulos variando de 16 a 4096, e T. gondii foi isolado de 12 pombos. Cinco genótipos foram detectados por PCR-RFLP, incluindo os genótipos ToxoDB #1, #6, #17, #65 e um genótipo não descrito anteriormente (ToxoDB#182). Esse é o primeiro relato de isolamento de T. gondii de Z. auriculata. Este estudo também confirmou a diversidade dos isolados de T. gondii e a presença de tipo clonal II (ToxoDB #1) no Brasil.

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Background: Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus (Canestrini, 1887) traditionally known as cattle tick, is the species that most affects cattle productivity levels in Brazil. The parasite causes annual losses up to US$ 2 billion. Despite several researches carried out all over the globe, it still presents great challenge, especially due to evidence of resistance to chemical products used in plague control. The goal of this project was to verify in vitro efficiency of pesticides in controlling R. (B.) microplus, at Campos dos Goytacazes municipality, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 2007.Materials, Methods & Results: The in vitro test used was the one recommended by FAOs (Food and Agriculture Organization) World Acaricides Resistance Reference Center (WARRC). Engorged females were manually collected off the ground from stalls and separated in two treatments, amitraz 12.5% (commercial dilution 1:500 = 2 mL/1000 mL) and cypermethrin 15% (commercial dilution 1:1000 = 1 mL/1000 mL), each one with six groups of ten parasites. A different solution - 1:10, 1:100, 1:1000, 1:100000 and 1:1000000 - for both acaricides tested was used on each group, and for control was used potable water. The test was started from the highest dilution. Each dilution was repeated three times simultaneously. Recommended dilutions in the research were in the protocol. Each group of engorged females was weighted

Background: Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus (Canestrini, 1887) traditionally known as cattle tick, is the species that most affects cattle productivity levels in Brazil. The parasite causes annual losses up to US$ 2 billion. Despite several researches carried out all over the globe, it still presents great challenge, especially due to evidence of resistance to chemical products used in plague control. The goal of this project was to verify in vitro efficiency of pesticides in controlling R. (B.) microplus, at Campos dos Goytacazes municipality, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 2007.Materials, Methods & Results: The in vitro test used was the one recommended by FAOs (Food and Agriculture Organization) World Acaricides Resistance Reference Center (WARRC). Engorged females were manually collected off the ground from stalls and separated in two treatments, amitraz 12.5% (commercial dilution 1:500 = 2 mL/1000 mL) and cypermethrin 15% (commercial dilution 1:1000 = 1 mL/1000 mL), each one with six groups of ten parasites. A different solution - 1:10, 1:100, 1:1000, 1:100000 and 1:1000000 - for both acaricides tested was used on each group, and for control was used potable water. The test was started from the highest dilution. Each dilution was repeated three times simultaneously. Recommended dilutions in the research were in the protocol. Each group of engorged females was weighted

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Background: Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus (Canestrini, 1887) traditionally known as cattle tick, is the species that most affects cattle productivity levels in Brazil. The parasite causes annual losses up to US$ 2 billion. Despite several researches carried out all over the globe, it still presents great challenge, especially due to evidence of resistance to chemical products used in plague control. The goal of this project was to verify in vitro efficiency of pesticides in controlling R. (B.) microplus, at Campos dos Goytacazes municipality, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 2007. Materials, Methods & Results: The in vitro test used was the one recommended by FAO's (Food and Agriculture Organization) World Acaricides Resistance Reference Center (WARRC). Engorged females were manually collected off the ground from stalls and separated in two treatments, amitraz 12.5% (commercial dilution 1:500 = 2 mL/1000 mL) and cypermethrin 15% (commercial dilution 1:1000 = 1 mL/1000 mL), each one with six groups of ten parasites. A different solution - 1:10, 1:100, 1:1000, 1:100000 and 1:1000000 - for both acaricides tested was used on each group, and for control was used potable water. The test was started from the highest dilution. Each dilution was repeated three times simultaneously. Recommended dilutions in the research were in the protocol. Each group of engorged females was weighted in analytical precision scale with equivalence in measurement of weights and, further, transferred to a Becker, containing 50 mL of the solution to be tested, previously prepared. The Becker was kept in constant agitation for five min. Afterwards, the engorged females were put upon towel paper (15 cm²) in order to remove excess of the product, being then transferred to Petri plates (100 mm x 20 mm height), identified and taken to a BOD incubator at 28°C (± 1) and 80% humidity. After oviposition, the number of eggs laid by each group were weighted and inserted in previously adapted plastic syringes, identified and taken again to the same incubator. We conducted the reading of the eggs hatching percentage after 30 days, with a stereoscopic microscope, using as reference the hatching observed in the control group that was kept on a different incubator. The reproduction efficiency (RE) was calculated using the equation; RE = eggs' weight/female's weight x % hatching x 20.000. The control percentage was calculated following the equation, considering the arithmetic mean of three repetitions: % control = RE (non-treated) - RE (treated)/RE non-treated x 100. We obtained as results after a 30 days analysis, a mean percentage of total efficiency of 96.60% for amitraz 12.5% and of 98.00% for cypermethrin 15% in the control of eggs hatching. Discussion: The amitraz 12.5% and the cypermethrin 15% presented excellent results in controlling wild strains of R. (B.) microplus that attacks cattle at Campos dos Goytacazes municipality, Rio de Janeiro, agreeing with FAO's WARRC and the Ministério da Agricultura, Pecuária e Abastecimento (MAPA), which established a legally accepted efficacy for acaricides being equal or superior to 80.00% and 95.00%, respectively, over tick strains. Hence the importance of this pioneer project in the region and its contribution to the subject extension.

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Background: Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus (Canestrini, 1887) traditionally known as cattle tick, is the species that most affects cattle productivity levels in Brazil. The parasite causes annual losses up to US$ 2 billion. Despite several researches carried out all over the globe, it still presents great challenge, especially due to evidence of resistance to chemical products used in plague control. The goal of this project was to verify in vitro efficiency of pesticides in controlling R. (B.) microplus, at Campos dos Goytacazes municipality, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 2007.Materials, Methods & Results: The in vitro test used was the one recommended by FAOs (Food and Agriculture Organization) World Acaricides Resistance Reference Center (WARRC). Engorged females were manually collected off the ground from stalls and separated in two treatments, amitraz 12.5% (commercial dilution 1:500 = 2 mL/1000 mL) and cypermethrin 15% (commercial dilution 1:1000 = 1 mL/1000 mL), each one with six groups of ten parasites. A different solution - 1:10, 1:100, 1:1000, 1:100000 and 1:1000000 - for both acaricides tested was used on each group, and for control was used potable water. The test was started from the highest dilution. Each dilution was repeated three times simultaneously. Recommended dilutions in the research were in the protocol. Each group of engorged females was weighted

Background: Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus (Canestrini, 1887) traditionally known as cattle tick, is the species that most affects cattle productivity levels in Brazil. The parasite causes annual losses up to US$ 2 billion. Despite several researches carried out all over the globe, it still presents great challenge, especially due to evidence of resistance to chemical products used in plague control. The goal of this project was to verify in vitro efficiency of pesticides in controlling R. (B.) microplus, at Campos dos Goytacazes municipality, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 2007.Materials, Methods & Results: The in vitro test used was the one recommended by FAOs (Food and Agriculture Organization) World Acaricides Resistance Reference Center (WARRC). Engorged females were manually collected off the ground from stalls and separated in two treatments, amitraz 12.5% (commercial dilution 1:500 = 2 mL/1000 mL) and cypermethrin 15% (commercial dilution 1:1000 = 1 mL/1000 mL), each one with six groups of ten parasites. A different solution - 1:10, 1:100, 1:1000, 1:100000 and 1:1000000 - for both acaricides tested was used on each group, and for control was used potable water. The test was started from the highest dilution. Each dilution was repeated three times simultaneously. Recommended dilutions in the research were in the protocol. Each group of engorged females was weighted

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O controle biológico no Brasil vem crescendo devido aos problemas gerados pelo uso indiscriminado de inseticidas químicos. A Musca domestica representa o maior problema em granjas avícolas devido às condições favoráveis para seu crescimento populacional. Sendo assim, foram realizadas capturas de dípteros muscoides em um aviário na região de Montes Claros, MG, usando armadilhas contendo isca química e captura por busca direta e, destas moscas, foram isolados e identificados fungos residentes nestes insetos. Os fungos isolados foram duas espécies do gênero Aspergillus sp., um do gênero Memnoniella sp., Scopulariopsis sp., Paecilomyces sp e um fungo da família Moniliaceae. Foram também requeridos junto ao CENARGEM/EMBRAPA as espécies de fungos entomopatogênicos Beauveria bassiana CG 470 e CG 472; Metarhizium anisopliae CG 34 e CG 312 e o Paecilomyces sp. CG 301. As espécies selecionadas para os bioensaios foram um Aspergillus sp., Memnoniella sp. e os Metarhizium anisopliae CG 34 e CG 312 por terem boa esporulação. Os fungos Aspergillus sp. e o Memnoniella sp. não apresentaram capacidade entomopatogênica, os fungos M. anisopliae CG 34 e CG 312 foram bastante eficientes em controlar a emergência dos adultos de M. domestica, mostrando-se bons agentes de controle biológico.

Use of biological control measures in Brazil has been increasing because of the problems generated from the indiscriminate use of chemical insecticides. Musca domestica represents the biggest problem to poultry farms due to the favorable conditions for its population growth. The present study was therefore conducted, beginning with captures of muscoid diptera on a poultry farm in the Montes Claros region, state of Minas Gerais, Brazil, using traps containing chemical bait and as well as capture by direct search, and the fungi resident on these flies was isolated and identified. The isolated fungi were two species of Aspergillus sp., one each from the genera Memnoniella sp., Scopulariopsis sp., Paecilomyces sp., and one fungi of the family Moniliaceae. Also, the entomopathogenic species of fungi Beauveria bassiana CG 470 and CG 472, Metarhizium anisopliae CG 34 and CG 312, and Paecilomyces sp. CG 301 were requested from CENARGEM/EMBRAPA. The species selected for the bioassays were Aspergillus sp., Memnoniella sp. and Metarhizium anisopliae CG 34 and CG 312. The fungi Aspergillus sp. and the Memnoniella sp. did not present entomopathogenic capacity; the fungi Metarhizium anisopliae CG 34 and CG 312 were sufficiently efficient in controlling the emergence of the adults of Musca domestica, showing themselves good agents of biological control.

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ABSTRACT Use of biological control measures in Brazil has been increasing because of the problems generated from the indiscriminate use of chemical insecticides. Musca domestica represents the biggest problem to poultry farms due to the favorable conditions for its population growth. The present study was therefore conducted, beginning with captures of muscoid diptera on a poultry farm in the Montes Claros region, state of Minas Gerais, Brazil, using traps containing chemical bait and as well as capture by direct search, and the fungi resident on these flies was isolated and identified. The isolated fungi were two species of Aspergillus sp., one each from the genera Memnoniella sp., Scopulariopsis sp., Paecilomyces sp., and one fungi of the family Moniliaceae. Also, the entomopathogenic species of fungi Beauveria bassiana CG 470 and CG 472, Metarhizium anisopliae CG 34 and CG 312, and Paecilomyces sp. CG 301 were requested from CENARGEM/EMBRAPA. The species selected for the bioassays were Aspergillus sp., Memnoniella sp. and Metarhizium anisopliae CG 34 and CG 312. The fungi Aspergillus sp. and the Memnoniella sp. did not present entomopathogenic capacity; the fungi Metarhizium anisopliae CG 34 and CG 312 were sufficiently efficient in controlling the emergence of the adults of Musca domestica, showing themselves good agents of biological control.

RESUMO O controle biológico no Brasil vem crescendo devido aos problemas gerados pelo uso indiscriminado de inseticidas químicos. A Musca domestica representa o maior problema em granjas avícolas devido às condições favoráveis para seu crescimento populacional. Sendo assim, foram realizadas capturas de dípteros muscoides em um aviário na região de Montes Claros, MG, usando armadilhas contendo isca química e captura por busca direta e, destas moscas, foram isolados e identificados fungos residentes nestes insetos. Os fungos isolados foram duas espécies do gênero Aspergillus sp., um do gênero Memnoniella sp., Scopulariopsis sp., Paecilomyces sp e um fungo da família Moniliaceae. Foram também requeridos junto ao CENARGEM/EMBRAPA as espécies de fungos entomopatogênicos Beauveria bassiana CG 470 e CG 472; Metarhizium anisopliae CG 34 e CG 312 e o Paecilomyces sp. CG 301. As espécies selecionadas para os bioensaios foram um Aspergillus sp., Memnoniella sp. e os Metarhizium anisopliae CG 34 e CG 312 por terem boa esporulação. Os fungos Aspergillus sp. e o Memnoniella sp. não apresentaram capacidade entomopatogênica, os fungos M. anisopliae CG 34 e CG 312 foram bastante eficientes em controlar a emergência dos adultos de M. domestica, mostrando-se bons agentes de controle biológico.