Risk factors and presence of antibodies to Brucella canis and smooth Brucella in dogs from the municipality of Araguaína, Tocantins, Brazil

Autores

  • Jordana Almeida Santana Escola de Veterinária, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
  • Elaine Maria Seles Dorneles Escola de Veterinária, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
  • Valéria de Sá Jayme Escola de Veterinária e Zootecnia, Universidade Federal de Goiás
  • Samara da Rocha Galvão Escola de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, Universidade Federal do Tocantins
  • Silvia Minharro Escola de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, Universidade Federal do Tocantins
  • Helcileia Santos Escola de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, Universidade Federal do Tocantins
  • Luis Antônio Mathias Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias, Universidade Estadual Paulista
  • Maurício Gautério Dasso Instituto de Pesquisas Veterinárias Desidério Finamor
  • Marcos Bryan Heinemann Escola de Veterinária, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
  • Andrey Pereira Lage Escola de Veterinária, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5433/1679-0359.2013v34n6p2951

Palavras-chave:

Canine brucellosis, Epidemiology, Agar-gel immunodiffusion, Rose bengal test, Fluorescence polarization assay, Manufactured food, Vaccination.

Resumo

Canine brucellosis is an infectious disease of worldwide distribution that can affect dogs, wild canids and man. It is caused by Brucella canis, but dogs can also be infected by smooth Brucella such as B. abortus and B. suis. Due to the increasing importance of dogs in our society, to the scarcity of information about canine brucellosis in the country and its zoonotic character, the aims of the present study were (i) to conduct a survey on the infection by B. canis and smooth Brucella in dogs from the municipality of Araguaína, Tocantins, Brazil, and (ii) to evaluate the risk factors associated with these infections. Sera from 241 dogs were analyzed by agar gel immunodiffusion (AGID) to detect B. canisantibodies, and Buffered Acidified Plate Antigen test (BAPA) and fluorescence polarization assay (FPA) to detect antibodies to smooth Brucella. From the 241 tested dogs, 132 reacted in the AGID and 128 reacted in the BAPA, but only two were positive in FPA. The seroprevalences of B. canis and smooth Brucella infections in dogs in Araguaína were 54.77% (95% CI: 48.25 to 61.17%) and 0.83% (95% CI: 0.10 to 2.97%), respectively. The analysis of risk factors showed associations between B. canis infection and vaccination against leptospirosis, and between B. canis infection and use of manufactured food. In conclusion, data from the present study showed a low prevalence of infection by smooth Brucella and a widespread and high prevalence of infection by B. canis in the city of Araguaína, Tocantins, Brazil.

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Elaine Maria Seles Dorneles, Escola de Veterinária, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

Laboratório de Bacteriologia Aplicada, Departamento de Medicina Veterinária Preventiva

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2013-12-11

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Santana, J. A., Dorneles, E. M. S., Jayme, V. de S., Galvão, S. da R., Minharro, S., Santos, H., … Lage, A. P. (2013). Risk factors and presence of antibodies to Brucella canis and smooth Brucella in dogs from the municipality of Araguaína, Tocantins, Brazil. Semina: Ciências Agrárias, 34(6), 2951–2956. https://doi.org/10.5433/1679-0359.2013v34n6p2951

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