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

dc.contributor.authorSantana, Jordana Almeida
dc.contributor.authorSeles Dorneles, Elaine Maria
dc.contributor.authorJayme, Valeria de Sa
dc.contributor.authorGalvao, Samara da Rocha
dc.contributor.authorMinharro, Silvia
dc.contributor.authorSantos, Helcileia
dc.contributor.authorMathias, Luis Antonio [UNESP]
dc.contributor.authorDasso, Mauricio Gauterio
dc.contributor.authorHeinemann, Marcos Bryan
dc.contributor.authorLage, Andrey Pereira
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG)
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade Federal de Goiás (UFG)
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade Federal do Tocantins (UFT)
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
dc.contributor.institutionInst Pesquisas Vet Desiderio Finamor
dc.date.accessioned2014-12-03T13:08:36Z
dc.date.available2014-12-03T13:08:36Z
dc.date.issued2013-01-01
dc.description.abstractCanine 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, 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 Araguaina, 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. canis-antibodies, 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 Araguaina 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 Araguaina, Tocantins, Brazil.en
dc.description.affiliationEscola de Veterinária, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, UFMG, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil.
dc.description.affiliationEscola de Veterinária e Zootecnia, Universidade Federal de Goiás, UFG
dc.description.affiliationEscola de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, Universidade Federal do Tocantins, UFT, Araguaina, TO, Brasil.
dc.description.affiliationFaculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias, Universidade Estadual Paulista, UNESP, Jaboticabal, SP, Brasil.
dc.description.affiliationInstituto de Pesquisas Veterinárias Desidério Finamor, Eldorado do Sul, RS, Brasil.
dc.description.affiliationUnespFaculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias, Universidade Estadual Paulista, UNESP, Jaboticabal, SP, Brasil.
dc.description.sponsorshipFundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de Minas Gerais (FAPEMIG)
dc.description.sponsorshipFundacao de Estudo e Pesquisa em Medicina Veterinaria e Zootecnia - FEP-MVZ
dc.description.sponsorshipConselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)
dc.format.extent2951-2955
dc.identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.5433/1679-0359.2013v34n6p2951
dc.identifier.citationSemina-ciencias Agrarias. Londrina: Univ Estadual Londrina, v. 34, n. 6, p. 2951-2955, 2013.
dc.identifier.doi10.5433/1679-0359.2013v34n6p2951
dc.identifier.fileWOS000328275300037.pdf
dc.identifier.issn1676-546X
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11449/111370
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000328275300037
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherUniversidade Estadual de Londrina (UEL)
dc.relation.ispartofSemina: Ciências Agrárias
dc.relation.ispartofjcr0.349
dc.rights.accessRightsAcesso aberto
dc.sourceWeb of Science
dc.subjectCanine brucelosisen
dc.subjectepidemiologyen
dc.subjectagar-gel immunodiffusionen
dc.subjectrose bengal testen
dc.subjectfluorescence polarization assayen
dc.subjectmanufactured fooden
dc.subjectVaccinationen
dc.titleRisk factors and presence of antibodies to Brucella canis and smooth Brucella in dogs from the municipality of Araguaina, Tocantins, Brazilen
dc.typeArtigo
dcterms.rightsHolderUniv Estadual Londrina
unesp.author.orcid0000-0001-6444-9788[9]
unesp.campusUniversidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp), Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias, Jaboticabalpt
unesp.departmentMedicina Veterinária Preventiva e Reprodução Animal - FCAVpt

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