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

Authors

  • Danilo Cutrim Bezerra Universidade Estadual do Maranhão
  • Nancyleni Pinto Chaves Universidade Estadual do Maranhão
  • Porfírio Candanedo Guerra Universidade Estadual do Maranhão
  • Hélder de Moraes Pereira Universidade Estadual do Maranhão
  • Hamilton Pereira Santos Universidade Estadual do Maranhão

DOI:

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

Keywords:

Animal Sanity

Abstract

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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Author Biographies

Danilo Cutrim Bezerra, Universidade Estadual do Maranhão

Médico veterinário, Mestre em Ciências Veterinária.

Cidade Universitária Paulo VI, Cx. Postal 9, Tirical, São Luís, MA 65055-970, Brasil

Nancyleni Pinto Chaves, Universidade Estadual do Maranhão

Médica veterinária, Mestre em Ciências veterinárias, Faculdadde de Medicina Veterinária, UEMA, MA.

Porfírio Candanedo Guerra, Universidade Estadual do Maranhão

Professor titular da Disciplina  Diagnóstico por Imagem, Departamento das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária, UEMA, MA.

Hélder de Moraes Pereira, Universidade Estadual do Maranhão

Professor titular da Disciplina Clínica Médica e Terapêutica de Ruminantes, Departamento das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária, UEMA, MA.

Hamilton Pereira Santos, Universidade Estadual do Maranhão

Professor Titular da Disciplina de Doenças Bacterianas, Departamento de Patologia, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária, UEMA, MA.

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Published

2010-12-21

How to Cite

BEZERRA, D. C.; CHAVES, N. P.; GUERRA, P. C.; PEREIRA, H. de M.; SANTOS, H. P. 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: 17 may. 2024.

Issue

Vol. 11 No. 4 (2010)

Section

Veterinary Medicine

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