[Control of Anocentor nitens (Neumann, 1897) (Acari: Ixodidae) on equines]. / Controle de Anocentor nitens (Neumann, 1897) (Acari: Ixodidae) em equinos.

This trial evaluated control practices of Anocentor nitens on equines, using spraying devices and application of acaricide paste formulation in the auricular pavilion and nasal diverticulum. The study was carried out from October 2003 to March of 2008 and the evaluations had been divided in the following stages: Phase 1--out/03 mar/04 and Phases 2, 3, 4 and 5, respectively, correspondents to the month's periods until março/08. It was used score of 0 to 3 to classify infestation levels. From abr/04 to mar/06 was implanted a schedule of acaricide sprayings every seven days and divided in two series. The first one beginning in April 2004 and the second beginning in July, both using six sprayings treatments with pyrethroid chemical base--cypermethrin 0,015%, plus topical treatments applied monthly in the auricular pavilions (powder acaricide). From abril/06 to março/08 was carried out similar schedule treatments, each two months, using an experimental acaricide paste in the auricular pavilion and nasal diverticulum. Phases 2 and 3 did not showed reduction of the parasitic loads of A. nitens compared to the control period. Whereas in Phases 4 and 5 registered significant reduction compared control period and also with the results of Phases 2 and 3, characterizing the effectiveness of the treatment with the acaricide paste formulation. Results demonstrated of A. nitens populations present in the nasal diverticulum are important in the maintenance of the infestations on equines, and necessary attention to this anatomical structure when controlling ticks.

[Effect of the urea fertilization in pasture on Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus (Acari: Ixodidae)]. / Efeito da adubação com uréia em pastagem, sobre Rhipicephalus(Boophilus) microplus (Acari: Ixodidae).

The objective of this study was to verify the effect of the urea fertilization in pasture on Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus population in free living stage. Two groups had been made, a control group and a urea treatment group, each group with 10 lots of Mombaça grass (Panicum maximum cv. Mombaça). In day zero had been placed 12 engorged tick females in each lot and made fertilization with urea in the dosage of 60 g in the lots of the treat group. In 27th day the grass was cutted out in 1 to 5 lots of both groups and fertilized with urea in the lots of 1 to 5 in the treat group. In 40th day was released a white flannel 1.60 x 1.00 m length on each lot to verify the presence of larvae. The results presented a difference of 85.97% (P < 0.0001) between the treat group and the control group.

[First notification of Eimeria bareillyi (Apicomplexa: Eimeridae) in feces of buffalo calves (Bubalus bubalis) naturally infected in Minas Gerais, Brazil]. / Primeiro diagnóstico de Eimeria bareillyi (Apicomplexa: Eimeridae) nas fezes de bezerros bubalinos (Bubalus bubalis) naturalmente infectados no estado de Minas Gerais, Brasil.

In this study the evolution of Eimeriosis in naturally infected calves was analyzed during 23 days starting at birth. The specie E. bareillyi was first identified in feces culture. Later other species of Eimeria already described in water buffalo were identified. The animals which died were submitted to necropsy, revealing macroscopic lesions in the ileum region. Histological analyses of the ileum region showed acute necrotic enteritis and the presence of Eimeria sp. in different developmental stages. Early infection by this parasite could be responsible for a secondary bacterial infection trough the intestinal lesions. The utilization of prophylactic medication and the therapeutic treatment of clinical Coccidiosis in water buffalo calves are necessary to their satisfactory development and surveillance.