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Loss in the supply chain of small ruminants owing to condemnations of carcasses in the abattoirs and slaughterhouses is common in northeastern Brazil. This study aims to identify bacterial agents, including Mycobacterium spp., in the abscesses found in the postmortem analysis of the carcasses of sheep and goats bred in northeastern Brazil. Our analysis involved 679 goats and 1,838 sheep carcasses. Abscess samples were extracted and inoculated on blood agar and Lowenstein Jensen with pyruvate or glycerol for bacterial isolation. We then performed polymerase chain reaction of the hps 65 gene; samples positive for Mycobacterium spp. were subjected to DNA sequencing. Relative frequencies of abscesses in goats and sheep were 5.44 and 3.26%, respectively. Microbiological analysis revealed 87.7% bacterial growth in the inoculated samples. Among these, Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosisrepresented 67.7% of the isolates. We observed 1.9% mycobacteria growth in the abscess samples inoculated on Lowenstein-Jensen medium. PCR of DNA extracted from abscesses samples showed amplification of 0.9% of samples. After sequencing, Mycobacterium spp. isolate was identified as M. novocastrense. C. pseudotuberculosis was the main agent responsible for the formation of abscesses in the examined animals, and we did not identify any species of the M. tuberculosis complex in the examined small ruminants.

O objetivo desse estudo foi avaliar a ocorrência da mastite subclínica ovina em duas lactações e a evolução da doença em duas lactações consecutivas. As amostras de leite foram originadas de um rebanho com 160 ovelhas da raça Santa Inês. Na primeira lactação, colheram-se amostras em ovelhas aos 14 dias pós-parto e no período próximo ao desmame. Na segunda lactação, as amostras de leite foram colhidas dos mesmos animais aos 14 dias pós-parto, 52 dias pós-parto e ao desmame. A triagem dos casos de mastite subclínica foi feita preliminarmente por meio do California Mastitis Test (CMT). As amostras de leite para a investigação microbiológica foram obtidas de metades mamárias positivas e negativas ao CMT. Os estafilococos coagulase-negativos foram os micro-organismos de maior ocorrência nas duas lactações. Houve a predominância de ovelhas que permaneceram com mastite subclínica durante a Lactação 1. As curas espontâneas foram significativamente inferiores no período entre 52 dias de lactação e o desmame dos cordeiros. Nenhuma diferença foi observada quanto à evolução dos casos de mastite subclínica infecciosa quando comparadas duas lactações (P>0,05).

Hybanthus calceolaria, also known as “papaconha” or “ipepacuanha,” is a herbaceous plant found in northeastern Brazil, which is often implicated by farmers as the cause of neurological signs in livestock grazing. Several poisoning outbreaks associated with the ingestion of this plant were observed in cattle in the municipalities of Colônia de Gurguéia in the state of Piauí and Sirinhaém in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil. The main clinical signs were ataxia, recumbency, and myokymia. No significant lesions were observed during necropsy or on histological examination. The disease was experimentally reproduced by the administration of 2 daily doses of 40 g/kg/body weight of the fresh green plant containing fruits. The plants without fruits were nontoxic, which is in accordance with the farmers’ information, as it was stated that the poisoning only occurs when the plant is fruiting.

Diante da importância dos caprinos para a região semiárida do estado de Pernambuco e da ausência de informações sobre as características físico-químicas do leite, o objetivo deste estudo foi realizar a caracterização físico-químicas e produtivas do leite de cabras naturalizadas e SRD que são criadas nesta região. Suplemento 1. Edição dos Anais do V Congresso Brasileiro de Qualidade do Leite do Conselho Brasileiro de Qualidade do Leite - CBQL, Águas de Lindóia, jun. 2013.