Survey of canine tick-borne diseases in Lábrea, Brazilian Amazon: ‘accidental’ findings of Dirofilaria immitis infection

Blood samples were collected from 99 domestic dogs from the urban and rural areas of the Lábrea municipality, state of Amazonas, Brazil. Canine serum samples were tested by immunofluorescence assay against Rickettsia spp., which revealed that only 3.0% (1/33) and 7.6% (5/66) of the dogs from urban a...

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Main Authors: Herbert Sousa Soares, Luis Marcelo Aranha Camargo, Solange Maria Gennari, Marcelo Bahia Labruna
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Colégio Brasileiro de Parasitologia Veterinaria 2014-12-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1984-29612014000400473&lng=en&tlng=en