Endoparasitic diseases cause great economic losses, mainly due to the anemias they can cause. This research evaluated occurrence of gastrointestinal parasites in meat-type sheep six small gaucho properties. Fecal samples were received at Helminthology Laboratory Faculty Veterinary, UFRGS, Porto Alegre, RS, and processed by methods Gordon & Whitlock (OPG) Roberts O’Sullivan (coproculture). T...

Suggested citation: Zelada-Castro, H, Rodríguez-Borda, J, Flores-Liñan, H, León-Manco, J, Wetzel, EJ & CárdenasCallirgos, J. Neotropical Helminthology, vol. 7, N°1, jan-jun, pp. 155 166. 1 Alberto Hurtado School of Medicine. Cayetano Heredia Peruvian University. Av. Honorio Delgado 430, Urb. Ingeniería, S.M.P. Lima Peru. E-mail: [email protected] 2 Alberto Cazorla Talleri School of Sciences...

This article portrays the family origins and life story of Adolpho Lutz (1855-1940) up to his transfer to the Instituto Oswaldo Cruz in 1908. His life history is used as a motif for an analysis of the institution of pasteurian and tropical medicine in Brazil. His university and postgraduate study in German-speaking Europe are examined, as are his activities as a clinician and researcher on subj...

The methodology of scientific research programme (MSRP) proposed by Lakatos was in the line of the proposals made by Popper. MSRP were intended for constructing and evaluating research programme, which is unique among philosophers of science. Surprisingly, scientists dedicated to research in mathematics, physic or biology have not used much MRSP. This could be due to the fact that scientists ar...