Trypanosoma evansi isolated from capybara (Hidrochaeris hidrochaeris)

Authors :: Amanda Chávez V
Karina Muñoz
Source :: Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Volume: 96, Issue: 7, Pages: 945-946, Published: OCT 2001, Scopus-Elsevier, Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz., Vol 96, Iss 7, Pp 945-946 (2001)
Publication Year :: 2001
Publisher :: FapUNIFESP (SciELO), 2001.
Abstract: A study was conducted to determine the morphological and biometric characteristics of Trypanosoma isolated from 50 capybaras animals, raised in captivity in the Peruvian Amazon. Trypanosoma was found in 14 blood samples using the microhaematocrit, wide drop, and Giemsa-stain methods and T. evansi was identified through morphological details in all 14 positive samples (the subterminal kinetoplast, the developed undulating membrane, and a long free flagellum were used for the identification of the agent).