SEROLOGICAL PREVALENCE OF MAEDI VISNA IN SHEEP HERDS IN THE MICROREGION OF JUAZEIRO - BAHIA, BY AGAR GEL IMMUNODIFFUSION (AGID).

Authors

  • Priscila Martinez Martinez Universidade Federal da Bahia
  • Joselito Nunes Costa Universidade Federal da Bahia
  • Thiago Sampaio de Souza Universidade Federal da Bahia
  • Antônio Oliveira Costa Neto Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana
  • Raymundo Rizaldo Pinheiro Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5216/cab.v12i2.4454

Keywords:

Animal parasitology

Abstract

The introduction of new breeds, aiming at increasing productivity, caused the change in the health profile of herds. Among the diseases introduced in Brazil lentiviroses of small ruminants (LVPR) stand out, represented by caprine arthritis encephalitis (CAE) and the maedi-visna (MV). In order to obtain data concerning the presence of maedi visna (MV) in sheep herds in the microregion of Juazeiro, Bahia, 919 serum samples were evaluated by agar gel immunodiffusion (AGID). The samples were collected in eight cities that make up this microregion (Juazeiro, Sento Sé, Sobradinho, Pilão Arcado, Campo Alegre Lourdes, Remanso, Casa Nova and Curaçá) considering how representative each municipality is within the totalilty of animals. It was observed that 0.34% of the sampled sheep showed positive reaction in the AGID. It was concluded that the MV occurs with low prevalence in the studied microregion, probably due to the predominance of locally adapted breeds.

KEYWORDS: AGID; antibodies; Lentivirus; occurrence.

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Author Biographies

Priscila Martinez Martinez, Universidade Federal da Bahia

Aluna do Curso de Mestrado em Ciência Animal nos Trópicos da Escola de Medicina Veterinária da Universidade Federal da Bahia (EMV/UFBA)

Joselito Nunes Costa, Universidade Federal da Bahia

Professor Doutor do Departamento de Patologia e Clínicas da EMV/UFBA.

Thiago Sampaio de Souza, Universidade Federal da Bahia

Discente da EMV/UFBA, bolsista do CNPq.

Antônio Oliveira Costa Neto, Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana

Professor do Curso de Ciências Biológicas da Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana.

Raymundo Rizaldo Pinheiro, Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária

Pesquisador Doutor do Centro Nacional de Pesquisa de Caprinos da Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária (Embrapa Caprinos).

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Published

2011-06-25

How to Cite

MARTINEZ, P. M.; COSTA, J. N.; DE SOUZA, T. S.; COSTA NETO, A. O.; PINHEIRO, R. R. SEROLOGICAL PREVALENCE OF MAEDI VISNA IN SHEEP HERDS IN THE MICROREGION OF JUAZEIRO - BAHIA, BY AGAR GEL IMMUNODIFFUSION (AGID). Brazilian Animal Science/ Ciência Animal Brasileira, Goiânia, v. 12, n. 2, p. 322–329, 2011. DOI: 10.5216/cab.v12i2.4454. Disponível em: https://revistas.ufg.br/vet/article/view/4454. Acesso em: 17 jul. 2024.

Issue

Vol. 12 No. 2 (2011)

Section

Veterinary Medicine

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