Acute phase response in subclinical parasitic diseases of domestic animals

Klub prijatelja i bivših studenata Veterinarskog fakulteta Sveučilišta u Zagrebu organizirao je 28. veljače 2019. godine održavanje predavanja na temu “Acute phase response in subclinical parasitic diseases of domestic animals”. Predavanje u predavaonici Zavoda za fiziologiju i radiobiologiju održala je Asst. Prof. Dr. Elizabeth MS Schmidt sa Departamento Clínica Veterinária, FMVZ – UNESP, campus Botucatu – Brazil.

Summary
Parasitic infections caused by nematodes are a daily routine issue in small and large animals clinics resulting in losses in animal health, production and in some cases could represent potential zoonotic risks. In Botucatu, São Paulo, Brazil (São Paulo State University – UNESP) our studies have been developed aiming to evaluate pathophysiological changes in naturally infected animals but without clinical signs of disease to understand subclinical infections, which could be considered in differential diagnosis and an indication of parasite infection. For that, a variety of biochemical markers including acute phase proteins have been screened to provide an overview of the biochemical effects produced by patent nematode parasitic infections in dogs and cattle.