Nunes, Juliana Barbosa
Coura-Vital, Wendel
Colombo, Fabio Antônio
Baêta, Frederico José Moreira
Pinheiro, Aimara Costa
Roatt, Bruno Mendes
Reis, Levi Eduardo Soares
Reis, Alexandre Barbosa
Marques, Marcos José
Funding for this research was provided by:
Financiadora de Estudos e Projetos
Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico
Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior
Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de Minas Gerais
Article History
Received: 8 March 2018
Accepted: 2 August 2018
First Online: 7 August 2018
Compliance with ethical standards
: The study was approved by the Committees of Ethics in Animal Experimentation of the Ouro Preto Federal University (UFOP, MG, Brazil; protocol number 083/2007), the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG, MG, Brazil; protocol number 020/2007), and the Belo Horizonte City Council (MG, Brazil; protocol number 001/2008). Dogs were diagnosed at the Zoonosis Control Centers from Belo Horizonte and Governador Valadares (CCZ, Minas Gerais state, Brazil). All procedures in this study were performed according to the guidelines set by the Brazilian Animal Experimental College (COBEA), in agreement with Federal Law number 11794.3.