Pesquisa de anticorpos anti-Brucella abortus em ovinos do Colégio Técnico da cidade de Bom Jesus-P
Mendes, Janara Laís Xavier BispoCarvalho, Fernando Maciel deBomfim, Dianna Soares doSantos, André Nogueira dosMineiro, Ana Lys Bezerra BarradasGonçalves, Larissa Maria Feitosa
Brucellosis is an infectious disease of the zoonotic character, caused by bacteria of Brucella genus whichaffects several species. In sheep is caused by Brucella ovis, Brucella melitensis and Brucella abortus, resulting ineconomic losses, causing reproductive disorders such as epididymitis, orchitis and miscarriages. The objective ofthis work was research of agglutinins anti-Brucella abortus in sheeps of Colégio Técnico de Bom Jesus-PI. It wascollected 55 blood samples from animals of different ages to obtain the serum by centrifugation, held in thelaboratory of clinical pathology, Campus Professora Cinobelina Elvas - UFPI, the material was sent to the AnimalReproduction Pathophysiology Laboratory, Campus Ministro Petrônio Portela - UFPI, where conductedserological diagnosis through serum agglutination test Antigen with Buffered Acidified (AAT). The animals werenegative to the test, possibly due to the absence of some risk factors for the occurrence of the disease.(AU)
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