Antibodies anti-Brucella canis and anti-Brucella abortus in dogs from Araguaína, Tocantins, Brazil

Authors

  • Elaine Maria Seles Dorneles Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Escola de Veterinária, Departamento de Medicina Veterinária Preventiva, Laboratório de Bacteriologia Aplicada, Belo Horizonte, MG
  • Helcileia Santos Universidade Federal do Tocantins, Escola de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, Palmas, TO
  • Silvia Minharro Universidade Federal do Tocantins, Escola de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, Palmas, TO
  • Josefa Moreira do Nascimento-Rocha Universidade Federal do Tocantins, Escola de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, Palmas, TO
  • Luis Antônio Mathias Universidade Estadual Paulista, Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias, Departamento de Medicina Veterinária Preventiva e Reprodução Animal, Jaboticabal, SP
  • Maurício Gauterio Dasso Instituto de Pesquisas Veterinárias Desidério Finamor, Eldorado do Sul, RS
  • Carolina Daros Tiensoli Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Escola de Veterinária, Departamento de Medicina Veterinária Preventiva, Laboratório de Bacteriologia Aplicada, Belo Horizonte, MG
  • Marcos Bryan Heinneman Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Escola de Veterinária, Departamento de Medicina Veterinária Preventiva, Laboratório de Bacteriologia Aplicada, Belo Horizonte, MG
  • Andrey Pereira Lage Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Escola de Veterinária, Departamento de Medicina Veterinária Preventiva, Laboratório de Bacteriologia Aplicada, Belo Horizonte, MG

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/S1413-95962011000200010

Keywords:

Canine brucellosis, Epidemiology, Brazil, Agar-gel immunodiffusion

Abstract

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 Araguaína, 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 canis-antibodies 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 Araguaína, 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 Araguaína, Tocantins, Brazil.

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2011-04-01

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Antibodies anti-Brucella canis and anti-Brucella abortus in dogs from Araguaína, Tocantins, Brazil. (2011). Brazilian Journal of Veterinary Research and Animal Science, 48(2), 167-171. https://doi.org/10.11606/S1413-95962011000200010