PREVALENCE OF SERUM ANTIBODIES TO OVINE PROGRESSIVE PNEUMONIA (MAEDI-VISNA) IN BOTUCATU REGION
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https://doi.org/10.5216/cab.v10i3.1622Keywords:
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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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2009-09-30
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ROSA, E. P.; AMORIM, R. M.; FERREIRA, D. O. L.; CHIACCHIO, S. B.; MODOLO, J. R. 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. DOI: 10.5216/cab.v10i3.1622. Disponível em: https://revistas.ufg.br/vet/article/view/1622. Acesso em: 23 nov. 2024.
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