Author(s): Dorneles, Elaine Maria Seles ; Santos, Helcileia ; Minharro, Silvia ; Nascimento-Rocha, Josefa Moreira do ; Mathias, Luis Antonio ; Dasso, Mauricio Gauterio ; Tiensoli, Carolina Daros ; Heinneman, Marcos Bryan ; Lage, Andrey Pereira
Date: 2014
Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/11449/72766
Origin: Oasisbr
Subject(s): Canine brucellosis. epidemiology. brazil. agar-gel immunodiffusion; Brucella; Brucella melitensis biovar Abortus; Brucella melitensis biovar Canis; Canis familiaris
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The aims of the present study were to determine the seroprevalence of infection by Brucella canis and Brucella abortus and to evaluate possible risk factors for infection in dogs from Araguaina, Tocantins, Brazil. Sera from 374 dogs, of the urban zones of the municipality, from both sexes, were submitted to the agar-gel immunodiffusion for Brucella canisantibodies and to rose Bengal test (AAT) and fluorescence polarization assay (FPA) for Brucella abortus-antibodies. From the 374 tested dogs, 21 reacted in the AAT, but no one was positive in the FPA. The seroprevalence of B. canis infection found in Araguaina, Tocantins, Brazil, was 44.53% (95% IC; 39.43 to 49.72). No association was found among seropositivity for B. canis and the risk factors studied. Thus, data from the present study showed that there was no infection by B. abortus among dogs in the sample and that infection by B. canis is widespread and at high prevalence in Araguaina, Tocantins, Brazil.
Laboratorio Bacteriologia Aplicada Departamento Medicina Veterinaria Preventiva Escola Veterinaria Universidade Federal Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte-MG
Escola Medicina Veterinaria e Zootecnia Universidade Federal Tocantins, Araguaina-TO
Departamento Medicina Veterinaria Preventiva e Reproducao Animal Faculdade Ciencias Agrarias e Veterinarias Universida Estadual Paulista, Jaboticabal-SP
Instituto Pesquisas Veterinarias Desiderio Finamor, Eldorado Sul-RS
