Prevalência de anticorpos contra o vírus da língua azul em bovinos e ovinos do Sudoeste e Sudeste do Rio Grande do Sul

Costa, J. R. RLobato, Z. I. PHerrmann, G. PLeite, R. CHaddad, J. P. A

It was studied bluetongue virus antibodies prevalence for sheep and cattle in Southwest and Southeast regions of Rio Grande do Sul State. A total of 2613 serum samples (1272 bovine and 1341 ovine) were tested by agar gel immunodiffusion. Eight bovine and two ovine samples were positive meaning a prevalence of 0.63% and 0.15%, respectively. These results show that most of animals in these regions are negative to bluetongue.(AU)

1. Ovine
2. Rio Grande do Sul
3. Bovine
4. Ovino
5. Bluetongue
6. Língua azul
7. Bovino