Ciência Animal Brasileira (Sep 2014)

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

  • Raquel Soares Juliano,
  • Maria Clorinda Soares Fioravanti,
  • Wilia Marta Elsner Diederichsen de Brito,
  • Urbano Gomes Pinto de Abreu,
  • Saura Nayane de Souza

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1590/1809-6891v15i313369
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 15, no. 3
pp. 289 – 295

Abstract

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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.

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