PREVALENCE AND ASSOCIATE FACTORS TO THE INFECTION FOR LENTIVIRUS OF SMALL RUMINANTS IN CAPRINE OF TOCANTINS STATE, BRAZIL

Authors

  • Pedro Alves Moura Sobrinho UNITINS
  • Taciana Rabelo Ramalho Ramos UNITINS
  • Cláudio Henrique clemente Fernandes UNITINS
  • Ana Claudia Campos UFRPE
  • Luciana Menezes Costa Autônoma
  • Roberto Soares Castro UFRPE

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5216/cab.v11i1.3957

Keywords:

CAEV, microimunodifusão, epidemiologia

Abstract

The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence of caprine blood reagents to small-ruminant lentiviruses (SRLV), through a non probabilistic sampling of herds in Tocantins State. In order to detect the anti-SRLV antibodies, 843 blood samples were analyzed using the microimmunodiffusion test in agarose gel – MICRO-IDGA. The frequency of blood reagent goats was 2.7% (23/843). Five focus, being two in the city of Araguaína and one in each of the cities of Babaçulândia, Filadelfia and Miracema do Tocantins had been identified. The results were distributed according to micro-region in the following manner: 10.0 (20/200) and 1.4% (3/207) for the North and Miracema micro-regions, respectively. The Saanen was the breed with the highest percentage of blood reagent animals (11.7%; 7/60), the undefined breed animals 0.6% (2/310) and Anglo-Nubian (3.0%; 14/466). Regarding age, 1.9% (6/314) and 3.2% (17/529) of animals under and over 24 months of age, respectively, tested positive. 2.4% (4/166) of males and 2.8% (19/677) of females tested positive. The SRLV infection occurs at a low prevalence among goats in Tocantins State, affecting mainly animal of the Saanen breed and from the north region. 

KEY WORDS: Brazil, CAEV, epidemiology, microimmunodiffusion.

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Author Biographies

Pedro Alves Moura Sobrinho, UNITINS

Doutor em Ciência Veterinária, Pesquisador, Fundação Universidade do Tocantins (UNITINSAGRO). Quadra 108 Sul, alameda 11, lote 03, Palmas-TO, CEP: 77020 122. E-mail: pedro.am@unitins.br

Taciana Rabelo Ramalho Ramos, UNITINS

Pesquisadora, Fundação Universidade do Tocantins (UNITINSAGRO), sanidade animal.

Cláudio Henrique clemente Fernandes, UNITINS

Pesquisador, Fundação Universidade do Tocantins (UNITINSAGRO), sanidade animal.

Ana Claudia Campos, UFRPE

Doutoranda na área de virologia, UFRPE

Luciana Menezes Costa, Autônoma

Médica Veterinária autônoma

Roberto Soares Castro, UFRPE

Professor Adjunto Departamento de Medicina Veterinária Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco.

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Published

2010-04-01

How to Cite

MOURA SOBRINHO, P. A.; RAMOS, T. R. R.; FERNANDES, C. H. clemente; CAMPOS, A. C.; COSTA, L. M.; CASTRO, R. S. PREVALENCE AND ASSOCIATE FACTORS TO THE INFECTION FOR LENTIVIRUS OF SMALL RUMINANTS IN CAPRINE OF TOCANTINS STATE, BRAZIL. Brazilian Animal Science/ Ciência Animal Brasileira, Goiânia, v. 11, n. 1, p. 117–124, 2010. DOI: 10.5216/cab.v11i1.3957. Disponível em: https://revistas.ufg.br/vet/article/view/3957. Acesso em: 17 jul. 2024.

Issue

Vol. 11 No. 1 (2010)

Section

Veterinary Medicine

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