Submitted by Jorge Silva (jorgelmsilva@ufrrj.br) on 2016-10-20T18:25:56Z No. of bitstreams: 1 2016 - Cristina Fernandes do Amarante.pdf: 776756 bytes, checksum: 758e9e88a96110176bd0dff013f8c6ac (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-10-20T18:25:56Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 2016 - Cristina Fernandes do Amarante.pdf: 776756 bytes, checksum: 758e9e88a96110176bd0dff013f8c6ac (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-03-03 / CNPq / This study aimed to assess the factors involved in the determination of ecological events, including parasite aggregation, abundance, and dominance, via multivariate analysis using fish as a biological model. For this purpose, we used a database consisting of 3,746 fish specimens collected on the coast of Rio de Janeiro and from the Guandu river and evaluated their characteristics, habits, and associated parasites. Parasites were grouped into seven higher taxa: Nematoda, Monogenea, Cestoda, Trematoda, Acanthocephala, Hirudinea, and Crustacea. Aggregation was calculated using the dispersion index; abundance was determined by calculating the total number of parasites; and dominance was calculated using the Berger-Parker index. Data normality was tested using the Shapiro-Wilk test; group comparisons, when necessary, were performed using the Wilcoxon test or the Kruskal-Wallis test. Adjustments were made in the linear regression models for parasite aggregation in each parasite taxon evaluated and in the mixed-effect models to evaluate abundance and dominance using Poisson and Gaussian distributions, respectively. The factors inherent to the hosts, including sex, size, habitats, formation of schools, eating habits, and aquatic environments, were tested as potential explanatory variables of these ecological events. In addition, the parasite development stage and parasite taxa were included as explanatory variables in the analysis of the determinants of aggregation and dominance, respectively. In the mixed-effects model, the ecological events were considered an outcome variable, and fish species were considered a random variable. Regression coefficients were calculated in the study of aggregation, and parasite dominance and prevalence rate were estimated in the study of abundance. Significance was determined using confidence intervals (CI) and the Wald test. All calculations were performed using R software with a confidence interval of 95%. Statistically significant associations between levels of parasite aggregation and explanatory variables (factors inherent to the host and the percentage of larvae) varied according to the parasite taxon. The coefficient of determination was lower than 60% in all of the adjusted models, indicating that factors other than those analyzed may be associated with the level of parasite aggregation. Parasite abundance was significantly associated with sex, formation of schools, habitats, and host length, which were considered risk factors. The numerical dominance of parasites was significantly associated with host length and the taxa Nematoda, Trematoda, Monogenea, Hirudinea, and Crustacea. In addition, our results indicate that the mixed-effects model was more parsimonious compared with the classical model, underscoring the importance of choosing a statistical model that takes into consideration the nature of the data to avoid spurious results, especially when autocorrelations data were not considered. In general, our results point to the need for developing studies with more comprehensive databases and larger samples of parasite species, in which data on the life cycles of fish species and parasite taxa can be analyzed more thoroughly. / Este trabalho teve como objetivo avaliar fatores envolvidos na determina??o dos eventos ecol?gicos: agrega??o, a abund?ncia e a domin?ncia parasit?ria por meio de an?lises multivariadas, utilizando peixes como modelo biol?gico. Para tanto, foi utilizado um banco de dados composto por 3.746 esp?cimes de peixes, suas caracter?sticas e h?bitos e seus parasitos, provenientes do litoral do Rio de Janeiro e do Rio Guandu. Os parasitos foram agrupados em sete t?xons superiores: Nematoda, Monogenea, Cestoda, Trematoda, Acanthocephala, Hirud?nea e Crust?cea. A agrega??o foi calculada atrav?s do ?ndice de dispers?o; a abund?ncia pela quantidade total de parasitas computados; e a domin?ncia atrav?s do ?ndice de Berger Parker. A normalidade dos dados foi testada pelo teste de Shapiro Wilk e a compara??o de grupos, quando necess?ria, foi realizada pelo teste de Wilcoxon ou Kruskal-Wallis. Foram ajustados modelos de regress?o linear para a agrega??o parasit?ria para cada t?xon parasit?rio estudado e modelos de efeitos mistos para an?lise dos determinantes da abund?ncia e da domin?ncia, com distribui??o de Poisson e gaussiana, respectivamente. Os fatores inerentes aos hospedeiros tais como: sexo, tamanho, habitat, forma??o de cardumes, h?bitos alimentares e ambiente aqu?tico foram testados como poss?veis vari?veis explicativas desses eventos ecol?gicos. Al?m desses, na an?lise dos determinantes da agrega??o e domin?ncia foram inclu?dos os fatores est?dio de desenvolvimento do parasita e os t?xons parasit?rios como vari?veis explicativas, respectivamente. Os eventos ecol?gicos foram considerados vari?veis desfecho e nos modelos mistos a esp?cie de peixe como vari?vel aleat?ria. Foram calculados os coeficientes de regress?o nos estudos de agrega??o e domin?ncia parasit?ria e estimada a raz?o de preval?ncia no estudo de abund?ncia. A signific?ncia foi verificada por meio o intervalo de confian?a (IC) e do teste de Wald. Todos os c?lculos foram realizados utilizando o software R, com um IC de 95%. As associa??es estatisticamente significativas entre o n?vel de agrega??o parasit?ria e as vari?veis explicativas (fatores inerentes ao hospedeiro e propor??o de larvas) variaram conforme o t?xon parasit?rio. O coeficiente de determina??o foi inferior a 60%, em todos os modelos ajustados, indicando que outros, fatores al?m dos analisados, devam estar relacionados ao grau de agrega??o parasit?ria. A abund?ncia parasit?ria mostrou-se associada significativamente ?s vari?veis: sexo, forma??o de cardumes, habitat e comprimento do hospedeiro, que se comportaram como poss?veis fatores de risco. A domin?ncia num?rica de parasitos esteve associada significativamente ao comprimento do hospedeiro e aos t?xons Nematoda, Trematoda, Monogenea, Hirud?nea e Crust?cea. Os resultados mostraram que os modelos mistos foram mais parcimoniosos em rela??o aos modelos cl?ssicos, refor?ando a import?ncia da escolha de um modelo estat?stico mais adequado ? natureza dos dados, evitando-se resultados esp?rios, principalmente quando n?o se leva em conta a autocorrela??o dos dados..De um modo geral, os resultados deste estudo sinalizam para a necessidade de pesquisas com bancos de dados mais abrangentes e com amostras maiores de esp?cies de parasitos, nos quais as caracter?sticas do ciclo biol?gico das esp?cies de peixes e dos t?xons parasit?rios possam ser mais detalhados nas an?lises.

Submitted by Jorge Silva (jorgelmsilva@ufrrj.br) on 2017-04-26T19:53:52Z No. of bitstreams: 1 2012 - Simone Quinelato Bezerra.pdf: 1703088 bytes, checksum: c39ad4f0bc5fb8b05085a7e4684060b9 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-04-26T19:53:52Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 2012 - Simone Quinelato Bezerra.pdf: 1703088 bytes, checksum: c39ad4f0bc5fb8b05085a7e4684060b9 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012-03-30 / FAPERJ / Aiming to decrease the chemicals acaricide use and their damages, new alternatives for ticks control has been studied. Metarhizium anisopliae s.l. is one of the most studied fungi in agricultural pest management programs, since it has great acaricide potential. Therefore, this study aimed to characterize molecular and morphologically, as well as evaluate the virulent potential of 30 M. anisopliae s.l. isolates from different geographical regions, hosts or substrates allowing the selection of virulent isolates in order to be further investigated for field programs of microbial control of pests. Initially, the analyses of morphological characterizations of the isolates were made to confirm their identification. Each isolate had its conidial potential production evaluated. The colonies studied showed morphological characteristics consistent with those described in the literature. The colonies diameter varied between 29.66 mm and 51.33 mm among isolates. There was both length and width variation in the conidia and phialides in the same isolate, as well as the presence of grouped and solitary phialides. The conidial production potential was variable among isolates, but both conidial size and colonies diameter did not influence the conidial production; isolates with low conidial production showed similar colony size in comparison to isolates with high potential. In a second stage of the study, the virulence of these isolates was evaluated to Rhipicephalus microplus larvae treated with one of the four different conidial concentrations (105, 106, 107 or 108 conidia.mL-1). The lethal action of Brazilian M. anisopliae s.l isolates to R. microplus larvae were confirmaded with high mortality among the isolates, which in general was proportional to the conidia concentration of the treatments. Most isolates killed larvae population with 107 conidia.mL-1 concentration, however the most virulent isolates presented lethal concentration of 106 conidia.mL-1 with main percentages of mortality nearly 100% at day 20 after treatment. In addition, the genetic variability of these isolates was performed to evaluate their relationship with other species of Metarhizium sp. through RFLP-PCR analysis and ITS1-5.8S-ITS2 rDNA sequencing. No specificity pattern was observed when isolates from the same region, host or substrate were grouped. Low genetic variability was observed among isolates, which were basically grouped into two groups. The CG 344 isolate was shown to be genetically distant from the remaining Brazilian isolates studied, but according to the ?GenBank? sequences comparison, it was related to the Metarhizium genus. It is suggested that this variation occured owing the lack of procedures that could generated morphological and molecular changes, which probably contribute to this low genetic variability. The present study allowed the detection of M. anisopliae s.l. isolates with highly virulence to R. microplus larvae, that may be considered potential biocontrol agents for this tick species, emphasizing the importance of molecular tools for identification and characterization of fungal isolates, ensuring the product quality, their success implement and the environmental track of the fungi at field biological control programs. / Na tentativa de diminuir a utiliza??o de produtos qu?micos e os danos por eles causados, novas alternativas para o controle de carrapatos vem sendo estudadas. O fungo Metarhizium anisopliae ? um dos mais estudados em programas agropecu?rios de manejo de pragas, pois apresenta grande potencial acaricida. Baseado nisso, o presente estudo objetivou a caracteriza??o morfol?gica, molecular e a avalia??o da virul?ncia de 30 isolados brasileiros de M. anisopliae s.l. provenientes de diferentes regi?es geogr?ficas, hospedeiros ou substratos, com a finalidade de selecionar isolados mais virulentos para utiliza??o em futuros programas de biocontrole de carrapatos. Inicialmente os isolados foram caracterizados morfologicamente para confirma??o de sua identifica??o, tamb?m sendo avaliado o potencial de produ??o de con?dios de cada isolado. As col?nias estudadas apresentaram caracter?sticas morfol?gicas compat?veis com as descritas na literatura. O tamanho das col?nias variou entre 29,66 mm e 51,33 mm de di?metro. Houve varia??o no comprimento e na largura de con?dios e fi?lides num mesmo isolado, assim como a presen?a de fi?lides agrupadas e solit?rias. O potencial de produ??o de con?dios foi vari?vel entre os isolados, por?m tanto o tamanho dos con?dios quanto o di?metro das col?nias n?o influenciaram a produ??o de con?dios. Numa segunda etapa do estudo, foi avaliada a virul?ncia destes isolados sobre larvas de Rhipicephalus microplus tratadas com uma das quatro diferentes concentra??es de con?dios (105, 106, 107 ou 108 con?dios/mL). Foi confirmada a a??o letal dos isolados brasileiros de M. anisopliae s.l. sobre larvas de R. microplus, geralmente ocorrendo de forma diretamente proporcional a concentra??o conidial dos tratamentos. A maioria dos isolados ocasionou a morte de metade da popula??o de larvas com a concentra??o de 107 con?dios/mL; os isolados mais virulentos apresentaram esta concentra??o letal com 106 con?dios/mL, com percentuais m?dios de mortalidade de larvas pr?ximos de 100% ao 20? dia ap?s tratamento. Al?m disso, buscou-se avaliar a variabilidade gen?tica destes isolados e sua rela??o com outras esp?cies do g?nero Metarhizium atrav?s da an?lise de RFLP-PCR e do sequenciamento da regi?o ITS1-5.8S-ITS2 do rDNA. N?o foi observado um padr?o de especificidade para o agrupamento entre isolados oriundos de mesma regi?o, hospedeiro ou substrato. Foi observada variabilidade gen?tica entre os isolados que basicamente se agruparam em dois grupos. O isolado CG 344 mostrou-se geneticamente distante de todos os outros, mas de acordo com a compara??o com sequ?ncias obtidas do ?GenBank? mostrou-se relacionado ao g?nero Metarhizium. Esta varia??o pode ser devido ao fato deste isolado ter sido poupado de processos que gerassem altera??es morfol?gicas e moleculares, o que possivelmente contribuiu para a pequena variabilidade gen?tica obsevada. O presente estudo possibilitou a detec??o de isolados brasileiros de M. anisopliae s.l. com elevada virul?ncia para larvas de R. microplus, podendo ser considerados potenciais agentes no biocontrole desta esp?cie de carrapato, ressaltando a import?ncia da utiliza??o de ferramentas moleculares para identifica??o e caracteriza??o destes isolados, contribuindo para a qualidade do produto, o sucesso de sua aplica??o e o monitoramento de um isolado introduzido no ambiente com finalidade de controle biol?gico.

Submitted by Jorge Silva (jorgelmsilva@ufrrj.br) on 2017-05-26T20:25:05Z No. of bitstreams: 1 2012 - Aldenice de Nazar? Silva Pereira.pdf: 1725747 bytes, checksum: dc10ecd0699041a155de6f501045a97a (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-05-26T20:25:05Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 2012 - Aldenice de Nazar? Silva Pereira.pdf: 1725747 bytes, checksum: dc10ecd0699041a155de6f501045a97a (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012-03-01 / CNPq / Previous studies of the parasitic fauna of the goatfish (Mullus argentinae) from Brazil and Argentina show a significant diversity of species and suggest that this host feature is a good model to test hypotheses for the distribution of parasites and their use as biological indicators of the presence of stocks or different populations of hosts and allowing information relevant to good management of this species. The purpose of this work was to study the composition and structure of parasites communities of the goatfish (M. argentinae), assess whether the temporal variation influences the parasitic fauna and verify its use as a tool for discrimination of possible stocks of this species throughout its geographical distribution, which includes the coast of Brazil and Argentina. During the period of March 2010 to July 2011, were collected 430 specimens of M. argentinae of three locations along the Brazilian coast and an area of the coast of Argentina. In statistics, the quantitative approach was made at the level of parasitic infrapopulations and ecological descriptors were calculated for each parasite species in each area. Species with prevalence >10% in at least one of the localities were analyzed in the ? ? (Chi-square) to test significant differences in prevalence between locations. ANOVA and a Tukey test a posteriori were performed to test for unequal samples. It was analyzed similarity indices of Jaccard and qualitative Bray-Curtis and quantitative and multivariate analysis. Discriminate analysis was used to detect differences between locations and identify species of parasites responsible for these differences. / Estudos pr?vios da fauna parasit?ria da Trilha (Mullus argentinae) em amostras provenientes do Brasil e da Argentina mostram uma significativa diversidade de esp?cies e sugerem que este recurso ictiol?gico ? um bom modelo para testar hip?teses de distribui??o de parasitos e seu uso como indicadores biol?gicos da presen?a de estoques ou de popula??es diferentes de hospedeiros e que permitam obter informa??es relevantes para um adequado manejo desta esp?cie. O prop?sito deste trabalho foi estudar a composi??o e estrutura das comunidades parasit?rias da Trilha (M. argentinae), avaliar se a varia??o temporal da amostragem influencia na fauna parasit?ria e verificar seu uso como ferramenta para a discrimina??o de poss?veis estoques desta esp?cie ao longo da sua distribui??o geogr?fica, que inclui o litoral do Brasil e da Argentina. Durante o per?odo de mar?o de 2010 a julho de 2011, foram coletados um total de 430 esp?cimes de M. argentinae de tr?s localidades do litoral brasileiro (Rio de Janeiro, Santa Catarina e Rio Grande do Sul) e de uma localidade do litoral da Argentina (Mar Del Plata). A abordagem quantitativa foi feita em n?vel de infrapopula??es parasit?rias, sendo calculados os descritores quantitativos, para cada esp?cie de parasito de cada ?rea estudada. Para as esp?cies com preval?ncia >10% foram feitas an?lises de ?? (qui-quadrado) para testar diferen?as significantivas de preval?ncia entre localidades. ANOVA e um teste Tukey a posteriori foram feitos para testar se existe diferen?a entre grupos. Foram utilizados tamb?m os ?ndices de similaridade qualitativa de Jaccard e quantitativa de Bray-Curtis. Na an?lise multivariada, primeiramente desenvolveu-se uma an?lise de agrupamentos, que agrupa os parasitos pela abund?ncia de esp?cies existentes nas localidades. A An?lise discriminante foi usada para detectar diferen?as entre localidades e entre diferentes ?pocas de coleta e identificar esp?cies de parasitos respons?veis por estas diferen?as.

Submitted by Jorge Silva (jorgelmsilva@ufrrj.br) on 2017-11-09T18:08:26Z No. of bitstreams: 1 2017 - Giselle Arieiro Jones.pdf: 1320964 bytes, checksum: e8d0ab39f4d7067b17f7ebd4d2d26139 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-11-09T18:08:26Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 2017 - Giselle Arieiro Jones.pdf: 1320964 bytes, checksum: e8d0ab39f4d7067b17f7ebd4d2d26139 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-02-22 / CAPES / The parasitism caused by Rhipicephalus microplus, popularly known as cattle tick, causes several losses to the Brazilian livestock. The indiscriminate use of chemical products for its control has generated several negative effects and in this context, studies involving the fungus Metarhizium spp. for biological control of ticks have shown great importance. The present study evaluated the virulence of 11 isolates of Metarhizium spp. for engorged females, eggs and larvae of R. microplus and also the conidiogenesis potential of the same isolates and their relationship with virulence. Single point of inoculum and cultivation between slide and coverslip were performed to evaluate the macro and micromorphology of the isolates. During the bioassay using engorged females, the effects of fungi on reproductive parameters were evaluated by analyzing the control percentage of each isolate after treatment by immersion of females in suspensions of 107 and 108 conidia / mL. The virulence of the isolates for eggs and larvae was evaluated by observing the hatch rate and mortality, respectively, after treatment with aqueous suspensions of Metarhizium spp. at concentrations of 105, 106, 107 and 108 conidia / mL. The LC50 and CL90 of each isolate for larvae were also calculated on the 25th day after treatment. To calculate the conidiogenesis of the isolates, three random cuts of 1.256 cm2 of area of each plate containing fungal conidia of 14 days of culture were made, then stirred in 1 ml of distilled water solution and 0.1% tween 80 and one aliquot of this suspension was quantified using a Neubauer chamber and optical microscope. Parametric data were analyzed by analysis of variance (ANOVA) followed by Tukey test and non-parametric by Kruskal Wallis test followed by Student-Newman-Keuls (SNK) with significance level of 5% through free software R Studio Version 0.99 .903 and the "agricolae" package (Statistical Procedures for Agricultural Research), version 1.2-4. In addition, multivariate statistics were applied using Principal Component Analysis (PCA) for parameters of engorged females. The macro and micromorphological analysis of the isolates tested were compatible with those described in the literature for Metharizium spp. In general, the results were directly proportional to the concentrations that were tested and the isolates ARSEF 729 of Metarhizium anisopliae and ARSEF 3643 of Metarhizium anisopliae senso latu, presented the best results for R. microplus females, eggs and larvae, proving to be good candidates for future studies, whereas the isolate ARSEF 2211 of Metarhizium anisopliae senso latu demonstrated low virulence for all stages. The conidiogenesis of the different isolates tested varied a lot and no relation between conidia production and virulence was observed. The present study made possible the selection of isolates of Metarhizium spp. with high virulence for several stages of life of the R. microplus tick as well as isolates with high conidia production and their relationship with virulence, emphasizing the importance of studies to select suitable isolates for future use in formulations for biological control in the field. / O parasitismo causado por Rhipicephalus microplus, conhecido popularmente como carrapato dos bovinos, acarreta diversos preju?zos para a pecu?ria brasileira. O uso indiscriminado de produtos qu?micos para o seu controle tem gerado diversos efeitos negativos e nesse contexto, estudos envolvendo o fungo Metarhizium spp. para controle biol?gico de carrapatos tem demonstrado grande import?ncia. O presente estudo avaliou a virul?ncia de 11 isolados de Metarhizium spp. para f?meas ingurgitadas, ovos e larvas de R. microplus e tamb?m o potencial de conidiog?nese dos mesmos isolados e a sua rela??o com a virul?ncia. Pontos ?nicos de in?culo e microcultivo entre l?mina e lam?nula foram realizados a fim de avaliar a macro e micro morfologia dos isolados. Durante o bioensaio utilizando f?meas ingurgitadas, foram avaliados os efeitos dos fungos sobre os par?metros reprodutivos atrav?s da an?lise do percentual de controle de cada isolado ap?s o tratamento por imers?o das f?meas em suspens?es aquosas de 107 e 108 con?dios/mL. A virul?ncia dos isolados para ovos e larvas foi avaliada atrav?s da observa??o da taxa de eclos?o e mortalidade, respectivamente, ap?s tratamento com suspens?es aquosas nas concentra??es de 105, 106, 107 e 108 con?dios/mL. Tamb?m foi calculada a CL50 e CL90 de cada isolado para larvas no vig?simo quinto dia ap?s o tratamento. Para calcular a conidiog?nese dos isolados, foram feitos tr?s recortes aleat?rios de 1,256 cm2 de ?rea de cada placa contendo con?dios f?ngicos de 14 dias de cultivo, em seguida foram agitados em 1mL de solu??o de ?gua destilada e tween 80 a 0,1% e uma al?quota desta suspens?o foi quantificada com o auxilio de c?mara de Neubauer e microsc?pio ?ptico. Os dados param?tricos foram avaliados pela an?lise de vari?ncia (ANOVA) seguida do teste de Tukey e os n?o param?tricos pelo teste de Kruskal Wallis seguido de Student-Newman-Keuls (SNK) com n?vel de signific?ncia de 5% atrav?s do software livre R Studio Vers?o 0.99.903 e o pacote ?agricolae? (Statistical Procedures for Agricultural Research), vers?o 1.2-4. Adicionalmente foi aplicada estat?stica multivariada mediante a An?lise de Componentes Principais (ACP) para par?metros de f?meas ingurgitadas. A an?lise macro e micromorfol?gica dos isolados testados se mostrou compat?vel com as descritas na literatura para Metharizium spp. De maneira geral, os resultados se apresentaram diretamente proporcionais ?s concentra??es que foram testadas e os isolados ARSEF 729 de Metarhizium anisopliae e ARSEF 3643 de Metarhizium anisopliae senso latu, apresentaram os melhores resultados para f?meas, ovos e larvas de R. microplus, demonstrando ser bons candidatos para estudos futuros. O isolado ARSEF 2211 de Metarhizium anisopliae senso latu demonstrou baixa virul?ncia para todos os est?gios. A conidiog?nese dos diferentes isolados testados se mostrou muito variada e n?o apresentou nenhuma rela??o com a virul?ncia dos mesmos. O presente estudo possibilitou a sele??o de isolados de Metarhizium spp. com alta virul?ncia para os diferentes est?gios de vida do carrapato R. microplus bem como isolados com alta produ??o de con?dios, ressaltando a import?ncia de estudos que visem selecionar isolados adequados para serem utilizados futuramente em formula??es para controle biol?gico a campo.

Submitted by Jorge Silva (jorgelmsilva@ufrrj.br) on 2018-03-27T18:34:33Z No. of bitstreams: 1 2013 - Fl?via Guerra Vieira de Menezes.pdf: 5858835 bytes, checksum: 4d6199e1cbd8ddce6884aa2b408fe0e5 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-03-27T18:34:33Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 2013 - Fl?via Guerra Vieira de Menezes.pdf: 5858835 bytes, checksum: 4d6199e1cbd8ddce6884aa2b408fe0e5 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013-02-22 / CNPq / This study aimed to identify the species that compose the endoparasite fauna of Astyanax fasciatus (Cuvier, 1819) from the upper S?o Francisco river to downstream of the dam of Tr?s Marias, Minas Gerais, Brazil, as well as record the parasitic parameters (prevalence, severity and abundance) and sites of infection for each helminths species A. fasciatus. Besides providing morphological and morphometric data of helminths species, the study also sought to identify possible correlations between parameters and parasitic total length, body weight and sex of the hosts still investigating ecological interactions of them based on the interpretation of possible cycles of biological endohelminth. A total of 74 specimens of A. fasciatus was collected in the upper S?o Francisco river to downstream of the dam of Tr?s Marias, Tr?s Marias municipality, state of Minas Gerais (18?12'32''S, 45?15'41''W), in the month of January 2011 and 2012. Fourteen species of parasites were found in A. fasciatus, being distributed in taxa Eucestoda (one specie), Nematoda (12 species) and Acanthocephala (one specie). They are: metacestodes, Contracaecum sp., Hysterothylacium sp., Goezia sp., Brevimulticaecum sp., Procamallanus (Spirocamallanus) saofranciscencis (Moreira Oliveira e Costa, 1994), Cystidicoloides sp., Spinitectus rodolphiheringi Vaz & Pereira, 1934, Rhabdochona sp., Spiroxys sp., Eustrongylides sp. and Neoechinorhynchus pimelodi Brazil-Sato & Pavanelli, 1998. The helminths fauna of A. fasciatus characterized mainly by larvae Contracaecum sp., Hysterothylacium sp., Spiroxys sp. and larvae and adults of P. saofranciscencis beyond metacestodes. It appears that this fish mainly acts as an intermediate host larvae of an unidentified species of cestode and nematode larvae, your diet has been the factor responsible for this. Astyanax fasciatus further assists in transmitting species such Rhabdochona sp. for carnivorous fish and also acts as a definitive host for P. saofranciscencis occupying so different trophic levels. / O presente estudo teve como objetivo identificar as esp?cies que comp?em a fauna endoparasit?ria de Astyanax fasciatus (Cuvier, 1819) do alto rio S?o Francisco ? jusante da barragem de Tr?s Marias, Minas Gerais, Brasil, bem como registrar os par?metros parasit?rios (preval?ncia, intensidade e abund?ncia) e os s?tios de infec??o de cada esp?cie de helminto de A. fasciatus. Al?m de prover os dados morfom?tricos e morfol?gicos das esp?cies de helmintos, o trabalho tamb?m procurou identificar poss?veis correla??es entre os par?metros parasit?rios e o comprimento total, o peso corporal e o sexo dos hospedeiros e investigar intera??es ecol?gicas dos mesmos baseando-se na interpreta??o de poss?veis ciclos biol?gicos dos endohelmintos. Um total de 74 esp?cimes de A. fasciatus foi coletado no alto rio S?o Francisco ? jusante da barragem de Tr?s Marias, munic?pio de Tr?s Marias, estado de Minas Gerais (18?12?32??S, 45?15?41??W), no m?s de janeiro de 2011 e 2012. Quatorze esp?cies de parasitos foram encontradas em A. fasciatus, sendo distribu?das nos t?xons Eucestoda (uma esp?cie), Nematoda (12 esp?cies) e Acanthocephala (uma esp?cie): metacest?ides, Contracaecum sp., Hysterothylacium sp., Goezia sp., Brevimulticaecum sp., Procamallanus (Spirocamallanus) saofranciscencis (Moreira, Oliveira e Costa, 1994), Cystidicoloides sp., Spinitectus rodolphiheringi Vaz & Pereira, 1934, Rhabdochona sp., Spiroxys sp., Eustrongylides sp. e Neoechinorhynchus pimelodi Brasil-Sato & Pavanelli, 1998. A fauna de helmintos de A. fasciatus caracterizou-se principalmente por larvas de Contracaecum sp., Hysterothylacium sp., Spiroxys sp. e larvas e adultos de P. saofranciscencis al?m dos metacest?ides. Verificou-se que A. fasciatus atua principalmente como hospedeiro intermedi?rio de larvas de uma esp?cie n?o identificada de cest?ide e de larvas de nemat?ides, tendo sido a sua dieta o fator respons?vel por isto; auxilia na transmiss?o de esp?cies como Rhabdochona sp. para peixes carn?voros e atua tamb?m como hospedeiro definitivo para P. saofranciscencis, ocupando assim, n?veis tr?ficos distintos.

Submitted by Jorge Silva (jorgelmsilva@ufrrj.br) on 2018-03-27T18:48:03Z No. of bitstreams: 1 2017 - Tays Araujo Camilo.pdf: 3555895 bytes, checksum: 8b6818596f8654186472296bc3b528aa (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-03-27T18:48:03Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 2017 - Tays Araujo Camilo.pdf: 3555895 bytes, checksum: 8b6818596f8654186472296bc3b528aa (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-03-07 / CNPq / Infectious Bronchitis Virus (vBIG) is a highly contagious viral agent among the species Gallus gallus, being considered one of the pathologies that most affects small and lare world poultry producers. Vaccination as a form of prevention to this disease, has not been effective, due to the great genetic variability found. As in the world, in Brazil there are already several studies characterizing the genetic variability found in this virus. In Rio de Janeiro, poultry farming suffers from the disease, but there is no recent study to analyze the genetic variability of the strains found, as a way of supporting epidemiological studies that may help in the future, in the choice of Protocols. The objective of this study was to characterize the S1 gene of the Chicken Infectious Bronchitis virus (vBIG) in chickens farms in the southern region of Rio de Janeiro, as well as to evaluate the genetic variability of the S1 gene in a BIG outbreak on a farm Of laying hens of the northern region of. Tissue samples were collected from animals presenting BIG-compatible clinical signs, such as weight loss, respiratory problems and low productivity. Samples of collected tissues were stored in solution of RNA Later and formalin 10% buffered for molecular and histopathological diagnoses, respectively. In order to perform the molecular analyzes, RNA extraction techniques, as well as RT-PCR (Reverse Transcriptase, Polymerase Chain Reaction), real-time PCR (RT-qPCR), Nested PCR (RT-nPCR), and Sequencing of some samples collected. For the histopathological analyzes, cleavage and preparation of microscopy slides were performed. The results obtained from the sequencing were compared to the sequence of the Ma5 vaccine strain as reference strain, in addition to other sequences deposited on GenBank, exhibiting a variable identity percentage of 72.41% to 100%. Among the samples from each farm, there was variability, even within the same bird. All sequences analyzed were described as genotype 1, belonging to strains 1 and 11; In the comparison of amino acids, there were changes in the hypervariable regions of the virus in the sequences classified as BR-1, being able to explain the low cross-protection that have been occurring in Brazilian plants. These results demonstrated the importance of virus identification, since it becomes an important tool in epidemiological surveillance and in the elaboration of efficient vaccine protocols. / O v?rus da Bronquite Infecciosa das Galinhas (vBIG) ? um agente viral altamente contagioso entre a esp?cie Gallus gallus, sendo considerado uma das patologias que mais acomete a avicultura mundial. A vacina??o como forma de preven??o a esta doen?a, n?o tem sido eficaz, devido a grande variabilidade gen?tica encontrada. Assim como no mundo, no Brasil tamb?m j? existem diversos estudos caracterizando a variabilidade gen?tica encontrada neste v?rus. No Rio de Janeiro, a cria??o av?cola sofre com a doen?a, por?m ainda n?o existe um estudo recente com o objetivo de analisar a variabilidade gen?tica das cepas encontradas, como uma forma de apoio a estudos epidemiol?gicos, que possam auxiliar no futuro, na escolha de protocolos vacinais mais adequados. Este estudo teve como objetivo realizar a caracteriza??o molecular do gene S1 do v?rus da Bronquite Infecciosa das Galinhas (vBIG) em granjas de frangos de corte na regi?o Sul fluminense, como tamb?m avaliar a variabilidade gen?tica do gene S1 em um surto de BIG em uma granja de poedeiras da regi?o Norte fluminense. Foram realizadas coletas de tecidos dos animais que apresentavam sinais cl?nicos compat?veis com BIG, como perda de peso, problemas respirat?rios e baixa produtividade. Amostras de tecidos coletados foram armazenadas em solu??o de RNA Later e formalina 10% tamponada para os diagn?sticos molecular e histopatol?gico, respectivamente. Para realiza??o das an?lises moleculares foram utilizadas t?cnicas de extra??o de RNA, bem como RT-PCR (?Reverse Transcriptase, Polymerase Chain Reaction?), PCR em tempo real (RT-qPCR), ?Nested? PCR (RT-nPCR), e sequenciamento de algumas amostras coletadas. Para as an?lises histopatol?gicas foram realizadas clivagem e elabora??o de l?minas de microscopia. Os resultados obtidos do sequenciamento foram comparados a sequ?ncia da cepa vacinal Ma5, como cepa refer?ncia, al?m de outras sequencias depositadas no GenBank, apresentando um percentual de identidade vari?vel de 72,41% a 100%. Dentre as amostras de cada granja, houve variabilidade, at? mesmo dentro de uma mesma ave. Todas as sequencias analisadas foram descritas como gen?tipo 1, pertencentes as linhagens 1 e 11; Na compara??o de amino?cidos, houve mudan?as nas regi?es hipervari?veis do v?rus nas sequ?ncias classificadas como BR-1, podendo explicar a baixa prote??o-cruzada que v?m ocorrendo nos plant?is brasileiro. Estes resultados demonstraram a import?ncia da identifica??o g?nica do v?rus, pois se torna uma ferramenta importante na vigil?ncia epidemiol?gica e em elabora??es de protocolos vacinais que sejam eficientes.

Submitted by Jorge Silva (jorgelmsilva@ufrrj.br) on 2018-05-04T20:03:01Z No. of bitstreams: 1 2014 - Cl?udia da Silveira de S?o Sabas.pdf: 2854723 bytes, checksum: 72c0b891175db64f709341d091e509e2 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-05-04T20:03:01Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 2014 - Cl?udia da Silveira de S?o Sabas.pdf: 2854723 bytes, checksum: 72c0b891175db64f709341d091e509e2 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014-02-28 / CAPES / CNPq / Specimens of Conorhynchos conirostris (Valenciennes, 1840), Duopalatinus emarginatus (Valenciennes, 1840), Pimelodus pohli Ribeiro & Lucena, 2006 and Cephalosilurus fowleri (Haseman, 1911) endemic fishes the river S?o Francisco, were collected from the upper S?o Francisco River, Minas Gerais, downstream from the Tr?s Marias Dam (18 ? 12'32'' S and 45 ? 15'41''W), from April 2008 to January , 2012. Twenty three species of parasites were found: Demidospermus uncusvalidus, Scleroductus sp., Pavanelliella pavanellii, metacercariae Austrodiplostomum compactum, Creptotrema creptorema, Crepidostomum platense, Iheringtrema iheringi, Karipharynx sp. Prosthenhystera obesa, metacestodes and plerocercodes of Proteocephalidea, Contracaecum sp. Cucullanus sp. Hysterothylacium sp., Procamallanus (Spirocamallanus) sp1., Procamallanus pimelodus larvae, adults of Cucullanus caballeroi, Cucullanus zungaro, Goezia brevicaeca, Procamallanus (S.) sp2., P. freitasi, Paracapillaria rhamdiae, Philometra sp. and Neoechinorhynchus pimelodi. The host sex did not influence parasite indexes. The total length and weight of the hosts had some influence on the parasite indexes. Parasite communities of C. conirostris, D. emarginatus, P. pohli and C. fowleri were characterized by a low number of central species and few significant interspecific associations. Austrodiplostomum compactum, Contracaecum sp. and N. pimelodi were common on parasite communities of four hosts studied. The parasitics communities of these siluriformes were analyzed in first time with the exception of C. conirostris. Iheringtrema iheringi, Kalipharynx sp., C. caballeroi, G. brevicaeca and P. rhamdiae constitute new records for the S?o Francisco River, expanding their geographic distributions and their host?s lists. / Esp?cimes de Conorhynchos conirostris (Valenciennes, 1840), Duopalatinus emarginatus (Valenciennes, 1840), Pimelodus pohli Ribeiro & Lucena, 2006 e Cephalosilurus fowleri Haseman, 1911, peixes end?micos do rio S?o Francisco, foram coletados da regi?o do alto rio S?o Francisco, Minas Gerais, ? jusante da barragem de Tr?s Marias (18?12?32??S e 45?15?41??W), no per?odo de abril de 2008 a janeiro de 2012. Foram encontradas 23 esp?cies de parasitos: Demidospermus uncusvalidus, Scleroductus sp., Pavanelliella pavanellii, metacerc?rias de Austrodiplostomum compactum, Creptotrema creptorema, Crepidostomum platense, Iheringtrema iheringi, Karipharynx sp. Prosthenhystera obesa, metacest?ides e plerocerc?ides de Proteocephalidea, larvas de Contracaecum sp. Cucullanus sp. Hysterothylacium sp., Procamallanus (Spirocamallanus) sp1., Procamallanus pimelodus, adultos de Cucullanus caballeroi, Cucullanus zungaro, Goezia brevicaeca, Procamallanus (S.) sp2., P. freitasi, Paracapillaria rhamdiae, Philometra sp. e Neoechinorhynchus pimelodi. O sexo dos hospedeiros n?o influenciou os ?ndices parasit?rios. O comprimento e o peso dos hospedeiros tiveram influ?ncia sobre os ?ndices parasit?rios. As comunidades parasit?rias de C. conirostris, D. emarginatus, P. pohli e C. fowleri foram caracterizadas pelo baixo n?mero de esp?cies centrais e poucas associa??es interespec?ficas significativas. Austrodiplostomum compactum, Contracaecum sp. e N. pimelodi foram comuns ?s comunidades parasit?rias dos quatro hospedeiros estudados. ? a primeira vez que as comunidades parasit?rias desses siluriformes s?o analisadas com exce??o de C. conirostris. Iheringtrema iheringi, Kalipharynx sp., C. caballeroi, G. brevicaeca e P. rhamdiae constituem-se novos registros para o rio S?o Francisco, ampliando suas distribui??es geogr?ficas.

Submitted by Jorge Silva (jorgelmsilva@ufrrj.br) on 2018-08-28T18:22:19Z No. of bitstreams: 1 2016 - Allan Felipe Marciano.pdf: 1368631 bytes, checksum: bba1066f388233008b1c3f41343d33e2 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-28T18:22:19Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 2016 - Allan Felipe Marciano.pdf: 1368631 bytes, checksum: bba1066f388233008b1c3f41343d33e2 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-10-03 / CAPES / CNPq / The tick Rhipicephalus microplus has been considered the most important parasite in cattles. It causes economic lost in dairy and beef cattle. As the fungus Metarhizium spp, a promising biocontrol agent, with remarkable virulence and efficacy against this arthropod. Environmental conditions can directly influence entomopathogenic fungal activity when it is released on the field. Therefore, adjuvants should be used to enhance fungal pathogenicity, stability and viability under unfavorable environmental conditions. Accordingly, several oily vehicles have been studied as adjuvant components. The present study aimed at investigate under semi-natural conditions, the permanence of fungi in the soil, the pathogenicity and the efficacy of two isolates of Metarhizium anisopliae sensu latu (ARSEF 3641 and CG 148) formulated in oil (soy and mineral), on engorged females of R. microplus engorged. The fungus was mass produced on rice cultivation and the semi-natural environment was framed from pots with Brachiaria brizantha cv. Marandu. The experiment was compound of seven groups: Control OLV (treated with vegetable oil and 0,1% of tween 80), Control OLM (treated with mineral oil and 0,1% of Tween 80), Treated 3641 OLV (treated with isolated ARSEF 3641 + vegetable oil); Treated 3641 OLM (treated with ARSEF 3641 isolated + mineral oil); Treated CG 148 OLV (treated with CG148 isolated + vegetable oil); Treated CG 148 OLM (treated with CG 148 isolated + mineral oil). Each group contained ten pots. The soil of each pot was sprayed with 80 ml of formulation at 108 conidia/ml in accordance with the proposed group. Afterwards, 5 engorged females were put on each pot. All pots were daily inspected for evaluating the percent mortality of famales. The efficacy of formulations tested was obtained by comparison of the number of live larvae collected at the apex of forage leaves of the control groups with the number of larvae from the treated groups. The collection of larvae was held on the 7th, 14th and 21st after the hatch. To evaluate the presence of Metarhizium spp. in the soil, a methodology was established to quantify the colonies number found in samples collected from each pot before the spraying and at 3th, 7th, 21th and 60th day after treatment. For the standardization of the methodology set out in the quantification of colonies in the soil, data from three evaluators were confronted by Kaapa test, the statistical analysis of data were submitted to the distribution of normality by the Shapiro-Wilk test. Data were analyzed as nonparametric and we used the Kruskal-Wallis test for analysis of variance followed by the Student-Newman-Keuls to compare the mean. The tested oil fungal formulations showed daily efficacy ranging between 85,08 and 96,13% compared to their respective controls. The group trated with isolated ARSEF 3641 formulated both in mineral oil and vegetable oil showed the better efficacy when compared to the respective control groups. Also, during tick females? laying period, it was possible to observe Metarhizium spp. externalization on R. microplus engorged females cuticle in all groups that were exposed to fungal formulations, confirming the ability of these fungal isolates on develop all growth stages over this arthropod in semi-natural conditions. Both fungal isolates formulated in vegetable or mineral oil showed to be able to remain active in semi-natural environment as they were pathogenic and effective against engorged females, and able to reduce significantly future generations of the tick. / O carrapato Rhipicephalus microplus ? considerado um dos principais agentes de parasitismo em bovinos por representar significativas perdas econ?micas na pecu?ria de leite e corte. Sendo o fungo Metarhizium spp, um promissor agente biocontrolador para este artr?pode, por apresentar grande virul?ncia e efic?cia contra este ectoparasita. Agentes microbianos quando lan?ados a campo, podem sofrer grande influ?ncia pelas intemp?ries ambientais, devendo estes receberem componentes que favore?am a sua patogenicidade, perman?ncia e viabilidade no ambiente, a fim de atingirem resultados satisfat?rios. Visto isto, diferentes ve?culos oleosos v?m sendo alvos de estudos como componentes adjuvantes. O objetivo deste trabalho foi investigar, sob condi??es seminaturais, a perman?ncia no solo, a virul?ncia e a efic?cia de dois isolados do fungo Metarhizium anisopliae s.l. (ARSEF 3641 e CG 148) formulados em ?leo (soja e mineral) sobre f?meas de R. microplus, assim como a taxa e recupera??o de larvas. O fungo foi produzido em massa a partir do cultivo dos isolados em arroz e para a forma??o do ambiente seminatural, sementes de Brachiaria brizantha, cultivar Marandu, foram plantadas em vasos de polipropileno. O experimento foi composto por sete grupos: Controle CTR (grupo sem tratamento); Controle OLV (tratado com ?leo vegetal e Tween 80 a 0,1%), Controle OLM (tratado com ?leo mineral e Tween 80 a 0,1%), Tratado 3641 OLV (tratado com o isolado ARSEF 3641 + ?leo vegetal + Tween 80 a 0,1%); Tratado 3641 OLM (tratado com o isolado f?ngico ARSEF 3641 + ?leo mineral + Tween 80 a 0,1%); Tratado CG 148 OLV (tratado com o isolado 148 + ?leo vegetal + Tween 80 a 0,1%); Tratado CG 148 OLM (tratado com o isolado CG 148 + ?leo mineral + Tween 80 a 0,1%). Cada grupo conteve dez vasos. Foram pulverizados sobre a superf?cie do solo de cada vaso, 80ml da formula??o a 108 con?dios/ml de acordo com o grupo proposto para cada formula??o e posteriormente 5 f?meas ingurgitadas de peso m?dio e homog?neo foram adicionadas em cada vaso. Os mesmos foram vistoriados diariamente para a avalia??o da mortalidade das f?meas. O percentual de efic?cia das formula??es dos isolados testados foi obtido a partir da compara??o entre o n?mero de larvas vivas coletadas no ?pice das folhas da forrageira dos grupos controles e dos grupos tratados. A coleta de larvas foi realizada no 7?, 14? e 21? ap?s a eclos?o das mesmas. Para a avalia??o da presen?a de Metarhizium spp. no solo, foi estabelecido e validada uma metodologia para a quantifica??o do n?mero de col?nias encontradas em amostras coletadas de cada vaso antes da pulveriza??o e no 3?, 7?, 21? e 60? dia ap?s o tratamento. A valida??o do m?todo se fez pelo confronto da avalia??o de tr?s observadores utilizando o teste Kaapa. Para a an?lise estat?stica dos demais dados, os mesmos foram submetidos ? distribui??o da normalidade pelo teste de Shapiro-Wilk sendo classificados como n?o param?tricos e foi utilizado o teste de Kruskal Wallis para an?lise de vari?ncia, seguido do Student-Newman-Keuls para compara??o entre as ordena??es m?dias. Os grupos tratados com as formula??es f?ngicas oleosas apresentaram efic?cia m?dia no controle de R. microplus variando entre 85,08 e 96,13% em rela??o aos seus respectivos grupos controles durante o per?odo de avalia??o do n?mero de larvas infestantes. O isolado ARSEF 3641 formulado tanto em ?leo vegetal quanto em ?leo mineral apresentou os melhores percentuais de efic?cia. Durante o per?odo de postura das f?meas, foi poss?vel encontrar a exterioriza??o de Metarhizium sp. nas mesmas em todos os grupos tratados com as formula??es f?ngicas, confirmando a capacidade dos isolados f?ngicos em se manterem e realizarem todas as fases de desenvolvimento sobre o artr?pode em condi??es seminaturais. Ambos os isolados testados, nas duas condi??es de formula??es propostas, mostraram-se aptos a permanecerem ativos no ambiente seminatural, virulentos e eficazes contra f?meas de R. microplus, sendo capazes de reduzir significativamente gera??es futuras do carrapato.

Submitted by Jorge Silva (jorgelmsilva@ufrrj.br) on 2018-10-24T18:46:15Z No. of bitstreams: 1 2013 - Gisele Santos de Meireles.pdf: 16741114 bytes, checksum: 1d4b03cbd2287a0984257f70efb149da (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-10-24T18:46:15Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 2013 - Gisele Santos de Meireles.pdf: 16741114 bytes, checksum: 1d4b03cbd2287a0984257f70efb149da (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013-02-27 / CAPES / FAPERJ / This study aimed to determine from the protein profile of oocysts of Cystoisospora felis recovered from the sequential use of various purification techniques adapted for specific use in sporulated oocysts of C. felis. With the aid of SDS-PAGE 12% resulted in identification of 25 groups of protein: 266, 240, 186, 165, 140, 119, 112, 105, 98, 90, 78, 55, 47, 42, 37, 35, 30, 27-28, 25, 22, 19, 18, 16, 14 kDa belonging to the structure of sporulated oocysts and sporozoites of C. felis. Based on this results and heterologous bovine serum anti-C. felis was possible to determine polypeptides dominant relevant to diagnostic immunoassay technique with "Western Blotting", these being immunodominant bands: P208, P138, P113, p106, p62, p56, p51, p48, p44, p38, p36, and p33 p27. In order to avoid misdiagnosis from cross-reactivity a positive control serum anti-C. felis was compared to with positive serum anti-Toxoplasma and Neospora in order to exclude the common protein bands, probably markers of gender and group to identify cattle infected naturally or experimentally with C. felis. As showed, the following specific antigenic protein units: p 206-208, P137-139, p112- 113, p104-107, p27-28 are responsible for determining the animal tested positive or not for Cystoisospora felis. Of the analysis of the variables could be observed that the presence of felines related to the handling, size and type of milking properties facilitates dispersion C. felis. / Este trabalho teve por objetivo, diagnosticar a infec??o por Cystoisospora felis em bovinos atrav?s do Western Blotting, apartir de oocistos obtidos com o uso sequencial de v?rias t?cnicas de purifica??o adaptadas para o uso em oocistos esporulados de C. felis. Com o aux?lio do SDS-PAGE a 12 % resultou na identifica??o de 25 grupos proteicos de: 266; 240; 186; 165; 140; 119, 112, 105, 98, 90, 78, 55, 47, 42, 37, 35, 30, 27-28, 25, 22, 19, 18, 16, 14 KDa, pertencentes a estrutura dos oocistos esporulados e esporozoitas de C. felis. Com base nesse resultado e em soro de bovino heter?logo anti-C. felis foi poss?vel determinar os polipept?deos dominantes relevantes ? t?cnica de diagn?stico imunoenzimatico com ?Western Blotting?, sendo estas, as bandas imunodominantes: p208, p138, p113, p106, p62, p56, p51, p48, p44, p38, p36, p33 e p27. A fim de evitar o diagn?stico equivocado a partir de rea??es cruzadas foi feita a compara??o do soro controle positivo anti-C. felis com o soro positivo anti-Toxoplasma e Neospora com o intuito de excluir as bandas proteicas comuns, prov?veis marcadoras de g?nero e grupo para identifica??o de bovinos infectados de maneira natural ou experimental com C. felis. Sendo evidenciadas, as seguintes unidades proteicas antig?nicas espec?ficas: p 206-208, p137-139, p112-113, p104-107, p27-28 respons?veis por determinar a positividade dos animais testados para C. felis. A partir das an?lises das vari?veis foi poss?vel observar que a presen?a de felinos associados, ao manejo, tipo de ordenha e tamanho das propriedades facilita a dispers?o de C. felis.

Submitted by Jorge Silva (jorgelmsilva@ufrrj.br) on 2017-06-06T18:14:40Z No. of bitstreams: 1 2015 - Vin?cius Menezes Tunholi Alves.pdf: 1609397 bytes, checksum: 1c31fd547893728f1c9c9165ee10137c (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-06-06T18:14:40Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 2015 - Vin?cius Menezes Tunholi Alves.pdf: 1609397 bytes, checksum: 1c31fd547893728f1c9c9165ee10137c (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015-07-01 / FAPERJ / Angiostrongylus cantonensis Chen, 1935 was first described as a parasite of the pulmonary artery of Rattus norvegicus and Rattus rattus in Canton, China. This helminth is an etiological agent of eosinophilic meningoencephalitis, a zoonotic disease endemic to certain Asian countries, which has recently dispersed to Africa, North and South America, and Caribbean islands. Currently Brazil is considered an area of high risk for the establishment of human angiostrongyliasis, due mainly to the occurrence of naturally infected snails and rodents, acting respectively as definitive and intermediate hosts of this parasite, directly favoring the transmission dynamics of neural angiostrongyliasis. In its life cycle, snails act as intermediate hosts, allowing the development of infective larval forms in the definitive host. In recent years, the metabolic characteristics of experimentally infected snails have been studied in an effort to develop measures to control the pathologies transmitted by these organisms. However, there is little information on the relationship between A. cantonensis and the freshwater snail Biomphalaria glabrata, which is cause for concern, not only because of the importance of this parasite, but also due to the widespread distribution of this snail in Brazil. In this study, the metabolic alterations of B. glabrata resulting from experimental infection by A. cantonensis were evaluated. For this purpose, snails of the pigmented strain were used, reared in the laboratory since oviposition. Two overall groups were formed: control (C1, C2 and C3), with uninfected animals, and treated (I1, I2 and I3), with infected snails. Each subgroup was composed of 10 snails. The entire experiment was performed in duplicate, utilizing a total of 120 snails. After one, two and three weeks of infection, 20 snails from each group were dissected to collect the hemolymph and tissues. The spectrophotometric readings were performed with Doles commercial reagent kits. The biochemical measurement demonstrated that infection by A. cantonensis induced a significant reduction in the hemolymph concentrations of calcium after one week of infection, followed by an increase in the concentrations of this ion in the second week of infection. This situation was accompanied by intense mobilization of CaCO3 in the shell of the infected snails, possibly as an attempt to reestablish the acid-base equilibrium after its alteration during the parasites? development. The histopathology results also demonstrated morphological changes in the digestive gland of infected snails, mainly in the form of granulomatous reactions and areas of metastatic calcification. Variations in the reserves of neutral lipids stored in the digestive gland-gonad complex were also observed. Infection resulted in a significant decrease in the concentrations of cholesterol and an increase in the levels of fatty acid and triacylglycerol after the first two weeks of infection. The increase in the concentration of fatty acid was associated with an increase in lipase activity, indicating that A. cantonensis induces activation of a lipolytic process during development in its intermediate host. Finally, infection by A. cantonensis resulted in changes in the oxidative metabolism of B. glabrata. Besides depletion of the polysaccharide reserves stored in the digestive gland and cephalopodal mass, parasitism by A. cantonensis induced activation of the host?s anaerobic metabolism, resulting not only in an increase in activity of lactate dehydrogenase in the hemolymph, but also reduction of the levels of pyruvic acid and accumulation of lactate. This is an interesting adaptive response of the host to infection, enabling the host, through anaerobic metabolism, to generate energy while still maintaining its redox balance. Additionally, the reduction in the concentrations of oxalic acid in the final parasite development periods suggests its diversion to gluconeogenesis, indicating the involvement of this molecule as a precursor in the synthesis of glucose-6-phosphate. This metabolic condition was accompanied by a deletion in oxidative phosphorylation infected snails (1 and 2 weeks) after infection, suggesting a decrease in the number of mitochondria in the examined tissue, or suppression of enzymatic centers related to oxidative reactions. / O nemat?ide Angiostrongylus cantonensis foi primeiramente descrito como parasito de art?ria pulmonar de Rattus norvegicus e Rattus rattus em Canton, China. Este helminto tem sido mencionado como principal agente etiol?gico da meningoencefalite eosinof?lica humana, uma metazoonose end?mica no continente asi?tico e que recentemente, tem-se disseminado para ?frica, Norte e Sul da Am?rica e Ilhas do Caribe. Atualmente, o Brasil ? considerado ?rea de alto risco ao estabelecimento da angiostrongil?ase humana, justificado n?o somente pela presen?a de moluscos, mas tamb?m roedores naturalmente infectados, que atuam respectivamente como hospedeiros intermedi?rios e definitivos desse parasito, fatores que favorecem diretamente a din?mica de transmiss?o da angiostrongil?ase neural. Em seu ciclo de vida moluscos atuam como hospedeiros intermedi?rios, possibilitando a partir se sua infec??o, o desenvolvimento de formas larvais infectantes ao hospedeiro definitivo. Nos ?ltimos anos, a caracteriza??o de padr?es metab?licos de moluscos infectados experimentalmente, tem sido estudada como base para o desenvolvimento de medidas focadas principalmente no controle de patologias transmitidas por estes organismos. Por?m, quando nos referimos a modelos experimentais utilizando A. cantonensis e Biomphalaria glabrata, os dados ainda s?o escassos, o que preocupa, n?o apenas pela import?ncia do parasito, mas tamb?m pela ampla distribui??o da esp?cie B. glabrata no Brasil. Neste estudo, foram observadas altera??es no metabolismo mineral, lip?dico e oxidativo de B. glabrata, decorrentes da infec??o experimental por A. cantonensis. Para isso, foram utilizados moluscos da linhagem pigmentada criados desde a oviposi??o e mantidos em condi??es laborat?riais. Foram formados dois grupos: controle (C1, C2, C3) com animais n?o infectados e infectados (I1, I2 e I3). Os grupos eram compostos por 10 moluscos. Todo experimento foi feito em duplicata, utilizando um total de 120 moluscos. Ap?s 1, 2 e 3 semanas de infec??o, 20 moluscos de cada grupo eram dissecados para a coleta da hemolinfa e tecidos. As leituras espectrofotom?tricas foram realizadas a partir de kits comercias da marca Doles. As dosagens bioqu?micas demonstraram que a infec??o por A. cantonensis induziu uma diminui??o significativa nos conte?dos hemolinf?ticos de c?lcio ap?s primeira semana de infec??o, seguido por um aumento nas concentra??es desse ?on na segunda semana de estudo. Este cen?rio foi acompanhado por uma intensa mobiliza??o de CaCO3 na concha de moluscos infectados, possivelmente como tentativa em restabelecer o equil?brio ?cido-base alterado durante o desenvolvimento do parasito. Resultados histopatol?gicos demonstraram ainda altera??es morfol?gicas na gl?ndula digestiva de moluscos infectados, caracterizadas principalmente na forma de rea??es granulomatosas e ?reas de calcifica??o metast?tica. Varia??es nas reservas de lip?dios neutros estocados no complexo gl?ndula digestiva-g?noda foram tamb?m demonstradas. A infec??o resultou em um decr?scimo significativo nos conte?dos de colesterol e no aumento dos n?veis de ?cido graxo e triacilglicerol ap?s as duas primeiras semanas de infec??o. O aumento nos conte?dos de ?cido graxo foi associado ao aumento da atividade lip?sica, indicando que A. cantonensis induz de fato a ativa??o de um processo lipol?tico durante etapa de desenvolvimento em seu hospedeiro intermedi?rio. Por fim, a infec??o de A. cantonensis resultou em mudan?as no metabolismo oxidativo de B. glabrata. Al?m da deple??o de reservas polissacar?dicas estocadas na gl?ndula digestiva e massa cefalopodal, o parasitismo por A. cantonensis induziu a ativa??o do metabolismo anaer?bio de seu hospedeiro, resultando n?o apenas no aumento da atividade da lactato desidrogenase hemolinf?tica, mas tamb?m na redu??o dos n?veis de ?cido pir?vico e ac?mulo de lactato. Isso representa uma interessante resposta adaptativa do hospedeiro frente ? infec??o, possibilitando o hospedeiro a partir do metabolismo anaer?bio, gerar energia e ao mesmo tempo mant?m seu balan?o redox. Adicionalmente, a redu??o nas concentra??es de ?cido ox?lico observado nos per?odos finais do desenvolvimento parasit?rio, sugere o seu desvio para a gliconeog?nese, destacando o envolvimento dessa mol?cula como precursora na s?ntese de glicose-6-fosfato. Este cen?rio metab?lico foi acompanhado por uma supress?o na fosforila??o oxidativa de moluscos infectados (1 e 2 semanas) de infec??o, sugerindo uma diminui??o na quantidade de mitoc?ndrias no tecido analisado, ou ainda, na inibi??o de centros enzim?ticos relacionados ?s rea??es oxidativas.