Arquivo Brasileiro de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia (Apr 2006)

Prevalência de anticorpos contra o vírus da língua azul em bovinos e ovinos do Sudoeste e Sudeste do Rio Grande do Sul Bluetongue virus antibodies in cattle and sheep in Southwest and Southeast regions of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

  • J.R.R. Costa,
  • Z.I.P. Lobato,
  • G.P. Herrmann,
  • R.C. Leite,
  • J.P.A. Haddad

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1590/S0102-09352006000200017
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 58, no. 2
pp. 273 – 275

Abstract

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It was studied bluetongue virus antibodies prevalence for sheep and cattle in Southwest and Southeast regions of Rio Grande do Sul State. A total of 2613 serum samples (1272 bovine and 1341 ovine) were tested by agar gel immunodiffusion. Eight bovine and two ovine samples were positive meaning a prevalence of 0.63% and 0.15%, respectively. These results show that most of animals in these regions are negative to bluetongue.

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