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Title: | Serology for brucellosis in free-ranging crab-eating foxes (Cerdocyon thous) and brown-nosed coatis (Nasua nasua) from Brazilian Pantanal |
Other Titles: | Sorologia para brucelose em lobinhos (Cerdocyon thous) e coatis (Nasua nasua) de vida livre do Pantanal Brasileiro |
Keywords: | Brucella - Anticorpos Epidemiologia Brucella - Antibodies Epidemiology |
Issue Date: | Dec-2014 |
Publisher: | Universidade Federal de Santa Maria |
Citation: | DORNELES, E. M. S. et al. Serology for brucellosis in free-ranging crab-eating foxes (Cerdocyon thous) and brown-nosed coatis (Nasua nasua) from Brazilian Pantanal. Ciência Rural, Santa Maria, v. 44, n. 12, p. 2193-2196, dez. 2014. |
Abstract: | A serological survey in free-ranging crab-eating foxes (Canidae: Cerdocyon thous) and brown-nosed coatis (Procyonidae: Nasua nasua) was performed in the Nhecolândia sub-region of the Brazilian Pantanal to evaluate the presence of anti-smooth Brucella antibodies on those wild populations. The detection of anti-smooth Brucella antibodies was performed by the Rose Bengal Test (RBT) as screening test and the Fluorescence Polarization Assay (FPA) as a confirmatory test. The frequency of smooth Brucella seropositive animals were 13.2% (5/38, 95% CI: 4.4% - 28.1%) for crab-eating foxes and 8.8% (3/34, 95% CI: 1.9% -23.7%) for brown-nosed coatis. No association was found between seropositivity for brucellosis and gender or age. The results of this study suggest exposure to or infection of crab-eating fox and brown-nosed coati from the Brazilian Pantanal by Brucella spp. |
URI: | http://repositorio.ufla.br/jspui/handle/1/57816 |
Appears in Collections: | DMV - Artigos publicados em periódicos |
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