CURRALEIRO CATTLE BREED HEALTH STATUS FOR NEOSPOROSIS AND TOXOPLASMOSIS

Authors

  • Ana Paula Iglesias Santin Universidade Federal de Goiás (UFG), Goiânia, Goiás, Brasil https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1171-7539
  • Raquel Soares Juliano Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária, EMBRAPA - Pantanal, Corumbá, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brasil
  • Andréa Caetano Silva Universidade Federal de Goiás (UFG), Goiânia, Goiás, Brasil
  • Vanessa Silvestre Ferreira de Oliveira Universidade Federal de Goiás (UFG), Goiânia, Goiás, Brasil
  • Ana Paula Junqueira-Kipnis Universidade Federal de Goiás (UFG), Goiânia, Goiás, Brasil
  • Wilia Marta Elsner Diederichsen de Brito Universidade Federal de Goiás (UFG), Goiânia, Goiás, Brasil
  • Maria Clorinda Soares Fioravanti Universidade Federal de Goiás (UFG), Goiânia, Goiás, Brasil

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/1089-6891v18e-44649

Keywords:

Animal Sanity

Abstract

This study compared the health status of Curraleiro cattle and other breeds (Nellore, Girolando, Guzera, and Caracu) for toxoplasmosis and neosporosis screening against anti-Neospora caninum and anti-Toxoplasma gondii antibodies, respectively. We used 119 female bovines of Curraleiro, Guzera, Nellore, Caracu, and Girolando breeds from four farms in Goias and Tocantins states and in the border of Goias, Minas Gerais, and Bahia states. All the farms had seropositive bovines for N. caninum. The number of seropositive Curraleiro cattle was significantly higher than the number of Guzera and Nellore cattle. Also, antibodies against toxoplasmosis were found in animals from all properties. There was no significant difference between the number of seropositive Curraleiro cattle and the breeds Nellore, Girolando, and Guzerá; however, it was significantly higher than the number of seropositive animals of Caracu breed. 
Keywords: bovine; local breeds; neosporosis; “Pe-duro”; toxoplasmosis.

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Published

2017-05-04

How to Cite

SANTIN, Ana Paula Iglesias; JULIANO, Raquel Soares; SILVA, Andréa Caetano; OLIVEIRA, Vanessa Silvestre Ferreira de; JUNQUEIRA-KIPNIS, Ana Paula; BRITO, Wilia Marta Elsner Diederichsen de; FIORAVANTI, Maria Clorinda Soares. CURRALEIRO CATTLE BREED HEALTH STATUS FOR NEOSPOROSIS AND TOXOPLASMOSIS. Brazilian Animal Science/ Ciência Animal Brasileira, Goiânia, v. 18, 2017. DOI: 10.1590/1089-6891v18e-44649. Disponível em: https://revistas.ufg.br/vet/article/view/e-44649. Acesso em: 5 dec. 2025.

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VETERINARY MEDICINE