1. Levantamento sorológico da artrite encefalite caprina no município de Imperatriz, MA.
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Sousa Costa, Jorge Clemerson, de Carvalho Lima, Guilherme Monteiro, Ferreira Chaves, Fernanda Nathiara, da Silva Teixeira, Maria Fátima, and Bezerra Júnior, Rosivaldo Quirino
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ENCEPHALITIS viruses , *PULMONARY fibrosis , *ANIMAL young , *MASTITIS , *DOMESTIC animals , *GOAT farming , *ANIMAL herds - Abstract
Goat farming in the state of Maranhão is a developing activity facing obstacles such as failures in sanitary and nutritional management. In sanitary management, the prevention and control of Caprine Arthritis Encephalitis (CAE) is crucial for the development of the herd, being a mandatory monthly notification disease of any confirmed case. The occurrence of CAE in herds causes productive losses because it is a chronic and progressive disease, whose virus causes several clinical syndromes, such as: chronic progressive arthritis, mastitis, interstitial pneumonia in adult animals; an acute paralytic syndrome in young animals, characterizing the nervous form. This study aimed to conduct a survey of the CAE in the municipality of Imperatriz, MA. Blood samples were collected from 87 animals from rural farms and farm fair animals located in Imperatriz municipality and nearby rural areas. The prevalence of Caprine Arthritis Encephalitis Virus (CAEV) was determined by the Agar Gel Immunodiffusion test. Only 1.15% of the animals was seropositive for CAEV in the IDGA test, presenting low occurrence of the virus. The animals grouped according to the racial pattern showed frequency of 12.64%, 9.19%, 2.29%, 1.14% and 1.14% for Boer, Saanen, Anglo Nubiano, Pardo Alpina and Moxotó breeds, respectively. The positive animal is mixed race corresponding to 1.56% (1/64). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2019
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