Inquérito soro-epidemiológico, isolamento e fatores de risco associado à infecção por brucella ovis em ovinos deslanados do Semi-árido da Paraíba.

Abstract

A seroepidemiological survey of brucellosis due to Brucella ovis was carried out in ewes from Paraíba State with the aims of evaluating the prevalence and distribution of the infection. Ninety-one sheep herds were investigated, of which 1,001 blood samples from ewes were collected in semi-arid of Paraíba State. For the serological diagnosis of the Brucella ovis infection, the agar gel immunnodiffusion test was used. According to the analysis, 9.84% of the herds showed serological evidence of infection by B. ovis, with a prevalence of 1.39% of seropositive ewes.