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

Authors

  • Eric Pivari Rosa FMVZ/UNESP
  • Rogério Martins Amorim FMVZ/UNESP
  • Danilo Otávio Laurenti Ferreira FMVZ/UNESP
  • Simone Biaggio Chiacchio FMVZ/UNESP
  • José Rafael Modolo FMVZ/UNESP

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5216/cab.v10i3.1622

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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Author Biographies

Eric Pivari Rosa, FMVZ/UNESP

Pós-graduando do Departamento de Clínica Veterinária, área de Clínica de Grandes Animais da Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia da Unesp-Botucatu-SP

Rogério Martins Amorim, FMVZ/UNESP

Professor Assistente Doutor do Departamento de Clínica Veterinária, área de Clínica de Grandes Animais da Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia da Unesp-Botucatu-SP

Danilo Otávio Laurenti Ferreira, FMVZ/UNESP

Pós-graduando do Departamento de Clínica Veterinária, área de Clínica de Grandes Animais da Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia da Unesp-Botucatu-SP

Simone Biaggio Chiacchio, FMVZ/UNESP

Professor Assistente Doutor do Departamento de Clínica Veterinária, área de Clínica de Grandes Animais da Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia da Unesp-Botucatu-SP

José Rafael Modolo, FMVZ/UNESP

Professor Adjunto do Departamento de Higiene Veterinária e Saúde Pública, área de Planejamento de Saúde Animal e Veterinária Preventiva da Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia da Unesp-Botucatu-SP

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Published

2009-09-30

How to Cite

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: 22 nov. 2024.

Issue

Vol. 10 No. 3 (2009)

Section

Veterinary Medicine

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