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| Silva-Zacarias,Francielle Gibson da; Alfieri,Amauri Alcindo; Spohr,Kledir Anderson Hofstaetter; Lima,Bruna Azevedo de Carvalho; Oliveira,Rosângela Claret de; Turilli,Carlo; Lunardi,Michele; Otonel,Rodrigo Alejandro Arellano; Freitas,Julio Cesar de. |
| Chlamydophila abortus (C. abortus) infection is related to reproductive failure in domestic ruminants. Although it has not been well characterized worldwide, this pathogen has already been identified in some European countries and in the USA. In Brazil, preliminary studies have shown serological evidence of C. abortus infection in herds with low antibody prevalence. Until now, the identification of C. abortus in biological samples from females presenting reproductive failures has not been described in Brazilian herds of domestic ruminants. The aim of this study was to evaluate the presence of the C. abortus in a collection of abortions from cattle (n=85), sheep (n=12), and goats (n=8), in samples of vaginal mucus from cows (n=13), sheep (n=90), and goats... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Cattle; Small ruminants; Chlamydophila abortus; Abortion; Vaginal mucus; Semen. |
| Ano: 2009 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-89132009000700015 |
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| Silva-Zacarias,Francielle Gibson da; Alfieri,Amauri Alcindo; Spohr,Kledir Anderson Hofstaetter; Lima,Bruna Azevedo de Carvalho; Negrão,Fábio Juliano; Lunardi,Michele; Freitas,Julio Cesar de. |
| Chlamydophila abortus (C. abortus) is associated with reproductive problems in cattle, sheep, and goats. Diagnosis of C. abortus using embryonated chicken eggs or immortalized cell lines has a very low sensitivity. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assays have been used to detect C. abortus infection in clinical specimens and organ fragments, such as placenta, fetal organs, vaginal secretions, and semen. The aim of this study was to develop a PCR assay for the amplification of an 856-bp fragment of the rRNA gene of the Chlamydiaceae family. The PCR assay was evaluated using organs from 15 mice experimentally infected with the S26/3 reference strain of C. abortus. The results of the rRNA PCR were compared to the results from another PCR system (Omp2 PCR) that... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Bovine; Ovine; Caprine; Reproductive failures; Chlamydophila abortus; PCR. |
| Ano: 2009 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-89132009000700014 |
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