**Acknowledgements**

The Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel - CAPES for the financial assistance, Fazenda São Jorge, São Pedro, SP, for their consent and assistance and the team of the Laboratory of the Diagnostic Service of Zoonoses of the School of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science – FMVZ, São Paulo State University – UNESP, especially the veterinarians from the zoonoses residency program.
