@article{Dorneles_Fernandes_Santana_Freitas_Lima_Barros_Sakamoto_Heinemann_Lage_2013, title={Anti-Brucella abortus antibodies in free-ranging equids from Mossoró, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil}, volume={34}, url={https://ojs.uel.br/revistas/uel/index.php/semagrarias/article/view/12528}, DOI={10.5433/1679-0359.2013v34n3p1281}, abstractNote={<p>The aims of the present study were (i) to determine the occurrence and (ii) to evaluate possible factors associated with infection by <em>Brucella abortus </em>in free-ranging equids from Mossoró, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil. Sera from 227 free-ranging equids (178 donkeys, 43 horses and 6 mules), captured by the highway police and the prefecture agents, were screened by the rose bengal test (RBT) and confirmed for <em>B. abortus</em>-antibodies by the standard tube agglutination (STAT) and the 2-mercaptoethanol (2ME) tests. Of the 227 equids tested, four (1.76%) were positive for <em>B. abortus </em>antibodies. All were horses, which resulted in an observed frequency of infection for this species of 9.30% (4/43). No association was found among seropositivity for <em>B. abortus </em>and the age and sex. Thus, data from the present study showed that infection by <em>B. abortus </em>is present among horses in Mossoró, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil.</p>}, number={3}, journal={Semina: Ciências Agrárias}, author={Dorneles, Elaine Maria Seles and Fernandes, Leíse Gomes and Santana, Jordana Almeida and Freitas, Francisco Joelson Correa and Lima, Joseney Maria de and Barros, Isabella de Oliveira and Sakamoto, Sidnei Miyoshi and Heinemann, Marcos Bryan and Lage, Andrey Pereira}, year={2013}, month={jun.}, pages={1281–1286} }