PREVALENCE OF SERUM ANTIBODIES TO OVINE PROGRESSIVE PNEUMONIA (MAEDI-VISNA) IN BOTUCATU REGION

Authors

  • Eric Pivari Rosa Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Botucatu, São Paulo, Brasil
  • Rogério Martins Amorim Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Botucatu, São Paulo, Brasil
  • Danilo Otávio Laurenti Ferreira Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Botucatu, São Paulo, Brasil
  • Simone Biaggio Chiacchio Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Botucatu, São Paulo, Brasil
  • José Rafael Modolo Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Botucatu, São Paulo, Brasil

Keywords:

Ruminant clinical

Abstract

The present study aimed to verify the prevalence of the ovine progressive pneumonia in Botucatu region by agar gel immunodiffusion test (AGID).  Serum samples of 400 sheep from eight specific farms for meat, with type of semi-intensive breeding of different areas. All the samples tested were negative to Maedi-Visna. The analysis of results was discordant with studies made in others Brazilians states, where the prevalence of the disease comes increasing progressively.

KEY WORDS: AGID, lentivirus, sheep.

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Published

2009-09-30

How to Cite

ROSA, Eric Pivari; AMORIM, Rogério Martins; FERREIRA, Danilo Otávio Laurenti; CHIACCHIO, Simone Biaggio; MODOLO, José Rafael. PREVALENCE OF SERUM ANTIBODIES TO OVINE PROGRESSIVE PNEUMONIA (MAEDI-VISNA) IN BOTUCATU REGION. Brazilian Animal Science/ Ciência Animal Brasileira, Goiânia, v. 10, n. 3, p. 847–852, 2009. Disponível em: https://revistas.ufg.br/vet/article/view/1622. Acesso em: 13 dec. 2025.

Issue

Vol. 10 No. 3 (2009)

Section

Veterinary Medicine

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