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- Title
Serology for brucellosis in free-ranging crab-eating foxes (Cerdocyon thous) and brown-nosed coatis (Nasua nasua) from Brazilian Pantanal.
- Authors
Dorneles, Elaine Maria Seles; Pellegrin, Aiesca Oliveira; Péres, Igor Alexandre Hany Fuzeta Schabib; Mathias, Luis Antônio; Mourão, Guilherme; de Cassia Bianchi, Rita; Olifiers, Natalie; Rocha, Fabiana Lopes; Lage, Andrey Pereira
- Abstract
A serological survey in free-ranging crab-eating foxes (Canidae: Cerdocyon thous) and brown-nosed coatis (Procyonidae: Nasua nasua) was performed in the Nhecolândia sub-region of the Brazilian Pantanal to evaluate the presence of anti-smooth Brucella antibodies on those wild populations. The detection of anti-smooth Brucella antibodies was performed by the Rose Bengal Test (RBT) as screening test and the Fluorescence Polarization Assay (FPA) as a confirmatory test. The frequency of smooth Brucella seropositive animals were 13.2% (5/38, 95% CI: 4.4% - 28.1%) for crab-eating foxes and 8.8% (3/34, 95% CI: 1.9% -23.7%) for brown-nosed coatis. No association was found between seropositivity for brucellosis and gender or age. The results of this study suggest exposure to or infection of crabeating fox and brown-nosed coati from the Brazilian Pantanal by Brucella spp.
- Subjects
SURVEYS; SEROLOGY; NASUA nasua; CERDOCYON thous; BRUCELLOSIS in animals; BACTERIAL diseases in animals
- Publication
Ciência Rural, 2014, Vol 44, Issue 12, p2193
- ISSN
0103-8478
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1590/0103-8478cr20131167