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http://repositorio.ufla.br/jspui/handle/1/57868| Title: | Anti-Brucella abortus antibodies in free-ranging equids from Mossoró, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil |
| Other Titles: | Anticorpos anti-Brucella abortus em equídeos errantes do município de Mossoró, Rio Grande do Norte |
| Keywords: | Equídeos - Infecção Brucella abortus - Anticorpos Brucelose Equidae - Infection Brucella abortus - Antibodies Brucellosis |
| Issue Date: | May-2013 |
| Publisher: | Universidade Estadual de Londrina |
| Citation: | DORNELES, E. M. S. et al. Anti-Brucella abortus antibodies in free-ranging equids from Mossoró, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil. Semina: Ciências Agrárias, Londrina, v. 34, n. 3, p. 1281-1286, maio/jun. 2013. |
| Abstract: | The aims of the present study were (i) to determine the occurrence and (ii) to evaluate possible factors associated with infection by Brucella abortus in free-ranging equids from Mossoró, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil. Sera from 227 free-ranging equids (178 donkeys, 43 horses and 6 mules), captured by the highway police and the prefecture agents, were screened by the rose bengal test (RBT) and confirmed for B. abortus-antibodies by the standard tube agglutination (STAT) and the 2-mercaptoethanol (2ME) tests. Of the 227 equids tested, four (1.76%) were positive for B. abortus antibodies. All were horses, which resulted in an observed frequency of infection for this species of 9.30% (4/43). No association was found among seropositivity for B. abortus and the age and sex. Thus, data from the present study showed that infection by B. abortus is present among horses in Mossoró, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil. |
| URI: | http://repositorio.ufla.br/jspui/handle/1/57868 |
| Appears in Collections: | DMV - Artigos publicados em periódicos |
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