Pesquisa de resíduos de beta-lactâmicos no leite cru comercializado clandestinamente no município de mossoró, rn, utilizando o delvotest sp

ABSTRACT The research was carried out with the objective of analyzing raw milk marketed secretly in the Municipal district of Mossoró, State of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil, in regard to the presence of beta-lactam residues. Delvotest SP was used as the selection test. For two months, samples of raw marketed milk were collected in different points of Mossoró, the collections were weekly, resulting in a total of 32 analyzed samples. Before applying the test, the samples were prepared to inactivate possible unspecific inhibitions (lisoenzime, lactoferrina, etc.), and soon afterwards the tests were conducted according to the manufacturers recommendations. All of the analyzed samples were negative. Therefore the samples were free from antibiotics or they contained amounts less than the maximum residue limit (LMR) allowed in the milk. The absence of positive samples among the raw milk analyzed does not prove that the population is free of the problem, because it is known that this food is not subjected to any control and therefore poses a health risk to those who consume it.

RESUMO O trabalho foi realizado com o objetivo de analisar leite cru comercializado clandestinamente no Município de Mossoró, RN, quanto à presença de resíduo de beta-lactâmicos. Foi utilizado o teste de triagem Delvotest SP. Durante dois meses, foram coletadas amostras de leite cru comercializado em diferentes pontos de Mossoró; as coletas foram semanais, levando a um total de 32 amostras analisadas. Antes de aplicar o teste, as amostras foram preparadas para inativar possíveis inibidores inespecíficos (lisoenzima, lactoferrina etc), em seguida os testes foram realizados de acordo com as recomendações do fabricante. Todas as amostras analisadas foram negativas. Portanto, as amostras estavam livres de antibióticos ou não continham quantidade maior que o limite máximo resíduo (LMR) permitido no leite. A ausência de amostras positivas do leite cru analisado não permite afirmarmos que a população está livre do problema, pois sabese que este alimento não passa por fiscalização e, dessa forma, pode ser responsável por expor ao risco a saúde das pessoas que o consomem.

Relato de caso: tuberculose em caprino (capra hircus)

ABSTRACT A 3-year-old Saanen-breed was examined at the Veterinary Hospital of the College of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Husbandry of the University of São Paulo, with a history of progressive emaciation and respiratory disease which did not respond to conventional antibiotic therapy. The animal was underweight, had swelling of the left submandibular lymph node and signs of bronchopneumonia. As it was reactor for comparative cervical test, the goat was slaughtered and at necropsy tuberculosis-like lesions were found in its submandibular and mesenteric lymph nodes, lungs and spleen. Acid-fast bacilli growth occurred within 32 days in Stonebrink media culture and the isolate was identified by PCR as M.bovis. Diagnostic test for Corynebacterium sp. was negative. Histopathologic examination showed characteristics of tuberculosis granulomas. When the acid-fast stain was employed in lesions smears, it was possible to observe bacilli in the middle of a granuloma, suggesting Mycobacterium spp. Tuberculosis cases in goats have been considered rare in Brazil.

RESUMO Uma cabra da raça Saanem, com 3 anos, foi atendida no Hospital Veterinário da Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia da Universidade de São Paulo, com histórico de emagrecimento progressivo, com doença respiratória não responsiva a antibioticoterapia convencional. O animal apresentava perda de peso, aumento de linfonodo submandibular esquerdo e sintomas de broncopneumonia. Tendo sido considerado positivo no teste cervical comparativo foi sacrificado e à necropsia foram observadas lesões sugestivas de tuberculose nos linfonodos submandibulares e mesentéricos, pulmão e baço. Nos exames laboratoriais houve crescimento, aos 32 dias, de bacilos álcool-ácido resistentes (BAAR), no meio de cultura de Stonebrink, e a estirpe isolada foi identificada no PCR como sendo Mycobacterium bovis. A pesquisa de Corynebacterium sp. foi negativa. Na histopatologia, as lesões examinadas apresentavam características dos granulomas típicos. Usandose coloração para BAAR foi possível observação de bacilos no centro de um granuloma, sugestivo de Mycobacterium spp. Casos de tuberculose em caprinos têm sido considerados raros no Brasil.

Genealogical analyses of rabies virus strains from Brazil based on N gene alleles.

Thirty rabies virus isolates from cows and vampire bats from different regions of São Paulo State, Southeastern Brazil and three rabies vaccines were studied genetically. The analysis was based on direct sequencing of PCR-amplified products of 600 nucleotides coding for the amino terminus of nucleoprotein gene. The sequences were checked to verify their genealogical and evolutionary relationships and possible implication for health programmes. Statistical data indicated that there were no significant genetic differences between samples isolated from distinct hosts, from different geographical regions and between samples collected in the last two decades. According to the HKA test, the variability observed in the sequences is probably due to genetic drift. Since changes in genetic material may produce modifications in the protein responsible for immunogenicity of virus, which may eventually cause vaccine failure in herds, we suggest that continuous efforts in monitoring genetic diversity in rabies virus field strains, in relation to vaccine strains, must be conducted.

A heminested polymerase chain reaction for the detection of Brazilian rabies isolates from vampire bats and herbivores.

A heminested-PCR (hn-PCR) using primers to the nucleoprotein-coding gene in a nested set was evaluated in the detection of Brazilian strains of rabies virus (RV). A representative number of RV nucleoprotein sequences belonging to genotype 1 were aligned. Based on such alignment, primers were directed to highly conserved regions. All 42 clinical samples positive by both fluorescent antibody and mouse inoculation tests were also positive by the hn-PCR. Brain tissue that had been left to decompose, obtained from an experimentally inoculated mouse was tested by hn-PCR and yielded positive results. In conclusion, primers designed here were capable of amplifying Brazilian RV isolates obtained from a rural epidemiological cycle.

A heminested polymerase chain reaction for the detection of Brazilian rabies isolates from vampire bats and herbivores

A heminested-PCR (hn-PCR) using primers to the nucleoprotein-coding gene in a nested set was evaluated in the detection of Brazilian strains of rabies virus (RV). A representative number of RV nucleoprotein sequences belonging to genotype 1 were aligned. Based on such alignment, primers were directed to highly conserved regions. All 42 clinical samples positive by both fluorescent antibody and mouse inoculation tests were also positive by the hn-PCR. Brain tissue that had been left to decompose, obtained from an experimentally inoculated mouse was tested by hn-PCR and yielded positive results. In conclusion, primers designed here were capable of amplifying Brazilian RV isolates obtained from a rural epidemiological cycle

[Analysis of human anti-rabies post exposure treatment in the great area of Sao Paulo, Brazil]. / Análise de tratamento anti-rábico humano pós-exposição em região da Grande São Paulo, Brasil.

INTRODUCTION: The treatment of human beings with risk of exposure to rabies virus infection still presents some cases of undesirable post treatment reactions. The knowledge resulting from the regular analysis of the epidemiological features associated with these practices would minimize the occurrence of these troubles. METHODS: The records of the treatment of 8,758 human anti-rabies cases performed in Osasco City, S. Paulo, Brazil between 1984 and 1994 with Fuenzalida & Palacios vaccine and/or anti-rabies serum produced in equines were analysed by Epi Info program. RESULTS: It was found that the higher risk of exposure was for male children of from five to nine years of age. The most frequent scene of aggression was the victim's own house. Dogs were responsible for most of the accidents (62.8%); the majority of dogs and cats involved had not been immunized against rabies (51.0% of dogs and 73.2% of cats). Most people aged nine or under were attacked in the head (36.6%), followed by the upper limbs (35.1%); above this age the part of the body most frequently hurt was the upper (45.8%) and lower limbs (43. 7%); 26.5% of patients had already been vaccinated against rabies at least once in their lifetime; 90.7% of them sought medical care within five days, anti-rabies treatment was prescribed for 41.9% of them. CONCLUSIONS: Post vaccinal reactions were observed in 0.25% of the patients 0.3% of which were of neurological; 80.1% of the dogs and 58.4% of the cats involved coere kept under observation. The months of March, July, August and September presented the highest aggression rates.

Isolamento de Niocardia asteroides de lesäo granulomatosa em carne bovina / Isolation of Niocardia asteroides of granulomatous lesions in bovine meat

Os produtos de origem animal desempenham importante papel na alimentaçäo humana devido ao seu valor protéico, porém deve-se evitar que sirvam de vias de transmissäo de doenças aos seus consumidores. A interaçäo dinâmica entre o serviço de inspeçäo de carnes e as técnicas laboratoriais diagnósticas deve ser mantida na profilaxia das doenças veiculadas por alimentos. Relata um caso de contaminaçäo bacteriana de tecido muscular de bovino destinado ao consumo humano. Macroscopicamente observaram-se lesöes granulomatosas semelhantes àquelas associadas à tuberculose. Colheu-se 2,0g do material e, utilizando-se a técnica de descontaminaçäo de Petroff (OPS 1993), tentou-se o isolamento de Mycobacterium ssp, a partir dos meios de Lowenstein-Jensen e de Stonebrink-Lesslie a 37§C. Outro fragmento foi colhido e fixado em formol a 10 por cento para exame histopatológico. Após sete dias de cultivo observou-se no meio de Lowenstein-Jensen a presença de colônias rugosas com pigmento alaranjado. No exame bacteriológico observou-se micélios que se fragmentavam formando bacilos Gram positivos. No corte histológico, corado em Hematoxilina-Eosina, verificaram-se estruturas granulomatosas. Foi identificado Nocardia asteroides a partir das colônias isoladas. Estes microrganismos säo considerados saprófitas, telúricos capazes de causar infecçöes inicialmente pulmonares, disseminando-se posteriormente para outros órgäos, como: rins, baço, fígado, cérebro e ocasionalmente de desenvolver micetomas. Sem auxílio de profissionais integrados e capacitados para diagnosticar esta patologia, haveria maior risco para o consumidor. Conclui-se, portanto, que a crescente integraçäo entre os profissionais de saúde pública e saúde animal permite o aprimoramento das práticas diagnósticas e de prevençäo das zoonoses.

Leptospira interrogans serovar icterohaemorrhagiae seropositivity and the reproductive performance of sows.

The reproductive performance of 28 sows seropositive to Leptospira interrogans serovar icterohaemorrhagiae was compared with that of 87 Leptospira sp. seronegative dams belonging to the same herd. Sows were sampled during 1988 to 1993. During this period the herd was not submitted to any kind of intervention (antibiotic therapy, immunoprophylaxis or rodent control). Relative risks (RR) of return to heat, mummified fetuses, stillbirth, and weak newborn piglets for infected sows were assessed and the differences in means of total piglets born per litter, piglets born alive, piglets effectively housed, weaned piglets, stillbirths, mummified fetuses, weak newborn piglets, weight at birth of the piglets effectively housed, weight at 21 days of life and weight at weaning were evaluated. Seropositive dams had a greater risk of having weak newborn piglets (RR = 1.67, 1.02 < or = CI 95% < or = 2.72) and also of having more weak newborn piglets per litter (P = 0.01). Other variables examined were not different (P > 0.05).