Renata Fontes Ongaratto

First Report of Alaria spp. in Domestic Feline in Southern Brazil

Alexsander Ferraz, Renata Fontes Ongaratto, Gabriela de Almeida Capella, Rodrigo Leite dos Santos, Ana Carolina Aquino Braga, Ana Clara Dornelles Reichow, Victória da Porciúncula dos Santos, Eduarda Santos Bierhals, Tiago Felipe Barbosa Moreira & Leandro Quintana Nizoli · Advances in Research · 2024

Alaria spp. are trematodes that have a heteroxenous life cycle, requiring two intermediate hosts and several paratenic and definitive hosts. Alaria alata is considered a potential cause of disease in humans and is included among several emerging zoonotic parasites. It is the etio...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/air/2024/v25i31061

Molecular Diagnosis of Mycoplasma haemofelis and ‘Candidatus Mycoplasma haemominutum’ in Domestic Feline: A Case Report

Alexsander Ferraz, Eugênia Tavares Barwaldt, Renata Fontes Ongaratto, Eduarda Santos Bierhals, Camila Moura de Lima, Paola Renata Joanol Dallmann, Tiago Felipe Barbosa Moreira, Rodrigo Leite dos Santos, Rodrigo Casquero Cunha, Luiz Filipe Damé Schuch, Márcia de Oliveira Nobre & Leandro Quintana Nizoli · Advances in Research · 2024

The aim of this work was to report the molecular diagnosis of Mycoplasma haemofelis and 'Candidatus Mycoplasma haemominutum' in a domestic feline. Mycoplasma spp. are pleomorphic bacteria that parasitize the surface of red blood cells in several domestic species, mainly cats, bei...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/air/2024/v25i41115