SOROEPIDEMIOLOGIA DA LEUCEMIA BOVINA (LB) EM BOVINOS CURRALEIROS DOS ESTADOS DE GOIÁS E TOCANTINS, BRASIL

SOROEPIDEMIOLOGIA DA LEUCEMIA BOVINA (LB) EM BOVINOS CURRALEIROS DOS ESTADOS DE GOIÁS E TOCANTINS, BRASIL

Aiming to verify bovine leukaemia (BL) occurrence in Curraleiro cattle breed, sera of 1051 animals were sampled from Goias (n=11) and Tocantins (n=12) states. BL serological diagnosis was performed by agar gel immunodiffusion method (AGID). The total occurrence rate was 21.1% (222/1051). In Toc...

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Main Authors: Raquel Soares Juliano, Maria Clorinda Soares Fioravanti, Wilia Marta Elsner Diederichsen de Brito, Urbano Gomes Pinto de Abreu, Saura Nayane de Souza
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal de Goiás 2014-09-01
Series:Ciência Animal Brasileira
Subjects:
Epidemiology
leucosis
naturalized bovine
Online Access:http://www.revistas.ufg.br/index.php/vet/article/view/13369/17072
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Summary:Aiming to verify bovine leukaemia (BL) occurrence in Curraleiro cattle breed, sera of 1051 animals were sampled from Goias (n=11) and Tocantins (n=12) states. BL serological diagnosis was performed by agar gel immunodiffusion method (AGID). The total occurrence rate was 21.1% (222/1051). In Tocantins it was 27.8% (136/489) occurrence was observed, higher value than in Goias, where 15.3% (86/562) occurrence was found. The serum reactivity was higher in females than in males, 23.3% (198/852) and 11.8% (23/195), respectively, and in animals older than 48 months old.
ISSN:1518-2797
1809-6891

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