Dear Colleagues, On behalf of all co-authors, I am pleased to announce the publication of our article about *Toxoplasma gondii* in cetaceans of Brazil. Costa-Silva S, Sacristan C, Gonzales-Viera O, Diaz-Delgado J, Sanchez-Sarmiento AM, Marigo J, Groch KR, Carvalho VL, Ewbank AC, Colosio AC, Marcondes MCC, de Meirelles ACO, Bertozzi CP, Lailson-Brito JJr, Azevedo AF, Ruoppolo V, Oliveira L, Ott PH, Catao-Dias JL. (2019). *Toxoplasma gondii *in cetaceans of Brazil: a histopathological and immunohistochemical survey. Brazilian Journal of Veterinary Parasitology. Brazilian Journal of Veterinary Parasitology. In this manuscript we investigated the occurrence of *T. gondii *by histopathology and immunohistochemistry in tissue samples of 185 animals comprising 20 different cetacean species from Brazil. Three out of 185 (1.6%) animals presented *T. gondii*-associated lesions: a captive killer whale *Orcinus orca*, a free-ranging common bottlenose dolphin *Tursiops truncatus* and a free-ranging Guiana dolphin *Sotalia guianensis*. The main lesions observed in these animals were necrotizing hepatitis, adrenalitis and lymphadenitis associated with protozoal cysts or extracellular tachyzoites presenting immunolabeling with anti-*T. gondii* antibodies. This study widens the spectrum of species and the geographic range of this agent in Brazil, and provides the first reports of* T. gondii *infection in a captive killer whale and in a free-ranging common bottlenose dolphin in South America. You can discover more in the link http://www.scielo.br/pdf/rbpv/2019nahead/1984-2961-rbpv-S1984-29612019051.pd... The article is available at link above or email: costasilva.samira@gmail.com Best regards *Samira Costa Silva* -- Samira Costa da Silva Veterinary, Ph.D. student at Department of Preventive Veterinary Medicine and Animal Health of School of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science, University of São Paulo Médica Veterinária Doutoranda no Departamento de Medicina Veterinária Preventiva e Saúde Animal da Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, Universidade de São Paulo email:costasilva.samira@gmail.com
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