First report of 'Candidatus Mycoplasma spp.' in mustelids from two different Brazilian regions with description of three putative novel species.

Hemoplasmas are bacteria that infect erythrocytes of a wide range of animals, including humans. This study investigated blood and tissue of twenty-two mustelids from Southern and Midwestern Brazil through cPCR targeting the 16S and 23S rRNA genes. Hemoplasma DNA was detected in Lontra longicaudis and Galictis cuja with an occurrence of 77 % (17/22).

Description of a sheep abortion caused by atypical genotype of Toxoplasma gondii in the state of Mato Grosso, Brazil.

Toxoplasma gondii is one of the major causes of abortion in sheep in many countries. We report an episode of a novel atypical genotype of T. gondii-associated abortion in a sheep flock belonging to the Veterinary School Hospital of the University of Cuiabá located in Midwestern Brazil.