Pesquisa de aglutininas antileptospira em soros sanguíneos de asininos (Equus Asinus) e de condutores de veículos de tração animal na cidade de São Luís, MA, Brasil

Danilo Cutrim Bezerra; Nancyleni Pinto Chaves; Porfírio Candanedo Guerra; Hélder de Moraes Pereira; Hamilton Pereira Santos

doi:10.5216/cab.v11i4.9233

ANTI-LEPTOSPIRA AGGLUTININ SEARCH IN SERA FROM DONKEYS (Equus Asinus) AND CONDUCTORS OF ANIMAL TRACTION VEHICLES IN THE CITY OF SÃO LUIS, MA, BRAZIL

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Danilo Cutrim Bezerra Universidade Estadual do Maranhão (UEMA), São Luis, Maranhão, Brasil
Nancyleni Pinto Chaves Universidade Estadual do Maranhão (UEMA), São Luis, Maranhão, Brasil
Porfírio Candanedo Guerra Universidade Estadual do Maranhão (UEMA), São Luis, Maranhão, Brasil
Hélder de Moraes Pereira Universidade Estadual do Maranhão (UEMA), São Luis, Maranhão, Brasil
Hamilton Pereira Santos Universidade Estadual do Maranhão (UEMA), São Luis, Maranhão, Brasil

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https://doi.org/10.5216/cab.v11i4.9233

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With the objective of searching the presence of antileptospiras agglutinin in sanguine serum of donkeys used in animal traction vehicles and of the wagon’s conductors in the city of São Luis, MA, and of identifying serovars of higher occurrence, 60 serum samples of donkeys and 60 of conductors were tested regarding 30 serovars of Leptospira interrogans by using the microscopic seroagglutination test. Of the 60 blood serum samples of donkeys, 85% showed seropositivity, reacting to 21 serovars out of the 30 tested. Copenhageni, Pyrogenes, Autumnalis and Icterohaemorrhagiae were the most frequent ones, in decreasing sequence. Regarding the serum of the conductors, 38.34% presented seropositivity, reacting to 12 serovars of Leptospira interrogans and the most frequenty ones were Copenhageni, Pyrogenes, Icterohaemorrhagiae and Autumnalis. These results indicate a high incidence of anti-leptospira agglutinins in donkeys and humans, being serovars copenhageni and pyrogenes the most prevalent.

KEYWORDS: Donkey, human, leptospira, traction.

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Danilo Cutrim Bezerra, Universidade Estadual do Maranhão (UEMA), São Luis, Maranhão, Brasil

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2010-12-21

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BEZERRA, Danilo Cutrim; CHAVES, Nancyleni Pinto; GUERRA, Porfírio Candanedo; PEREIRA, Hélder de Moraes; SANTOS, Hamilton Pereira. ANTI-LEPTOSPIRA AGGLUTININ SEARCH IN SERA FROM DONKEYS (Equus Asinus) AND CONDUCTORS OF ANIMAL TRACTION VEHICLES IN THE CITY OF SÃO LUIS, MA, BRAZIL. Brazilian Animal Science/ Ciência Animal Brasileira, Goiânia, v. 11, n. 4, p. 931–937, 2010. DOI: 10.5216/cab.v11i4.9233. Disponível em: https://revistas.ufg.br/vet/article/view/9233. Acesso em: 5 dec. 2025.

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Vol. 11 No. 4 (2010)

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Veterinary Medicine

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