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| Alves,Clebert José; Figueiredo,Salomão Moreira de; Azevedo,Sérgio Santos de; Clementino,Inácio José; Keid,Lara Borges; Vasconcellos,Sílvio Arruda; Batista,Carolina de Sousa Américo; Rocha,Vivianne Cambuí Mesquita; Higino,Severino Silvano. |
| To determine the presence of Brucella ovis in ovine from Paraíba State, in the Northeast region of Brazil, 80 animals slaughtered in the public slaughterhouse of Patos city were used. Before slaughter, blood samples were collected by jugular venopuncture from each animal, and after slaughter, testicles, epidydimus and uterus were aseptically collected. For the serological diagnosis of B. ovis and B. abortus infections, the agar gel immunodiffusion (AGID) and Rose Bengal (RBT) tests were carried out, respectively. In addition, microbiological culture and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) were performed on testicle, epidydimus and uterus samples. Six animals (7.5%) tested positive for the presence of B. ovis antibodies and all animals tested negative for the... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Brucella ovis; Isolation; PCR; Ovine; Paraíba State. |
| Ano: 2010 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1517-83822010000200016 |
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