Serology for brucellosis in free-ranging crab-eating foxes (Cerdocyon thous) and brown-nosed coatis (Nasua nasua) from Brazilian Pantanal / Sorologia para brucelose em lobinhos (Cerdocyon thous) e coatis (Nasua nasua) de vida livre do Pantanal brasileiro
Dorneles, Elaine Maria Seles; Pellegrin, Aiesca Oliveira; Péres, Igor Alexandre Hany Fuzeta Schabib; Mathias, Luis Antônio; Mourão, Guilherme; Bianchi, Rita de Cassia; Olifiers, Natalie; Rocha, Fabiana Lopes; Lage, Andrey Pereira.
Ciênc. rural (Online)
; 44(12): 2193-2196, Dec. 2014.
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| VETINDEX | ID: biblio-1479547
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 crab-eating fox and brown-nosed coati from the Brazilian Pantanal by Brucella spp.
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