Anticorpos anti-leptospira em animais silvestres do Parque Zoobotânico Arruda Câmara na Cidade de João Pessoa.

Abstract

Leptospirosis is a cosmopolitan disease that affects animals and various species including man. From this point of view the disease has a remarkable importance in attracting attention to their control in both men, domestic and wild animals. This project was performed to verify the occurrence of leptospirosis in the captive wildlife at the Zoobotanical Arruda Camara Park in Joao Pessoa, Paraiba. During the period of 4 July 2011 to 31 July 2011 there were collected blood samples from 49 animals, 26 mammals [Galician capuchin monkey (Cebus Flavius), Mico of smell (Saimiri sciureus), Hedgehog (Coendu sp.), Fox field (Lycalopex vetulus), Ocelot (Leopardus pardalis), wildcats {Leopardus tigrinus), Ferret {Galactitis vitata), weasel (Eira barbara), coati (Nasua nasua), collared peccary (Tayassu tajacu) and rat (Rattus norvegicus) ] , 10 birds: [Jacucaca (Penelope jacucaca), Peacock (Pavo cristatus), Big Blue Macaw (Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus), big red macaw (Ara chlorothptera), yellow head Marininha (Pionites leucogaster) Caracara (Polyborus plancus), Eagle Chilean (Buteo melanoleucus), Black Hawk (urubitinga urubitinga)] and 13 reptiles [Alligator chat yellow Reptiles (Caiman latirostris), Alligator crown (Paleosuchus trigonatus), tinga Alligator (Caiman crocodilus), black tegu (Tupinabis merinae), white tegu (Tupinambis teguixin), Boa (Boa constrictor), Suacui Buoy (Coralius hortulanus), Python (Python molurus), Tortoise Loggerhead (Phrynops geoffroanus) Tortoise tinga (Geochelonoidis denticulata), Piranga Tortoise (Geochelonoidis carbonaria)]. These samples were examined by microscopic agglutination reaction with a collection of 24 strains of live leptospires (Australis, Bratislava, Autumnalis, Butembo, Castellon, Bataviae, Canicola, Whitcomb, Cynopteri, Grippotyphosa, hebdomadis, Compenhageni, icterohaemorrhagiae, javanica, Panama, Pomona , Pyrogenes, Hardjo (Hardjoprajitno), Wolff, Sherman, Tarassov Andaman Patoc, Sentot), with a cutoff point for dilution. Only one ocelot (Leopard pardalis) showed a positive reaction for serovar Icterohaemorrhagiae with titres 100, but did not show any sign of infection. This serovar is contained within synanthropic rodents as a maintenance reservoir.