CURRALEIRO CATTLE BREED HEALTH STATUS FOR NEOSPOROSIS AND TOXOPLASMOSIS

• Main Authors: Ana Paula Iglesias Santin, Raquel Soares Juliano, Andréa Caetano Silva, Vanessa Silvestre Ferreira de Oliveira, Ana Paula Junqueira-Kipnis, Wilia Marta Elsner Diederichsen de Brito, Maria Clorinda Soares Fioravanti
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universidade Federal de Goiás 2017-05-01
• Series: Ciência Animal Brasileira
• Subjects: Sanidade Animal
• Online Access: https://www.revistas.ufg.br/vet/article/view/44649
• ISSN: 1518-2797; 1809-6891

This study compared the health status of Curraleiro cattle and other breeds (Nellore, Girolando, Guzera, and Caracu) for toxoplasmosis and neosporosis screening against anti-Neospora caninum and anti-Toxoplasma gondii antibodies, respectively. We used 119 female bovines of Curraleiro, Guzera, Nellore, Caracu, and Girolando breeds from four farms in Goias and Tocantins states and in the border of Goias, Minas Gerais, and Bahia states. All the farms had seropositive bovines for N. caninum. The number of seropositive Curraleiro cattle was significantly higher than the number of Guzera and Nellore cattle. Also, antibodies against toxoplasmosis were found in animals from all properties. There was no significant difference between the number of seropositive Curraleiro cattle and the breeds Nellore, Girolando, and Guzerá; however, it was significantly higher than the number of seropositive animals of Caracu breed.  Keywords: bovine; local breeds; neosporosis; “Pe-duro”; toxoplasmosis.