Equine infectious anaemia in urban area horses of Monte Mor municipality, Campinas metropolitan area, São Paulo State, Brazil
| Autor: | André Antonio Cutolo, Vera Lúcia Nascimento Gonçalves, Luiz de Macedo Correzola, Mônica Fagundes Klein Gunnewiek |
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| Jazyk: | English<br />Portuguese |
| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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| Zdroj: | Semina: Ciências Agrárias, Vol 35, Iss 3, Pp 1377-1382 (2014) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 1679-0359 1676-546X |
| DOI: | 10.5433/1679-0359.2014v35n3p1377 |
| Popis: | Equine Infectious Anemia (EIA) is a chronic viral disease, caused by a Lentivirus from Retroviridae family. It is primarily transmitted by arthropod vectors during bloodfeeding. It is an infectious, incurable and difficult to control disease, being considered an important obstacle to horse breeding in Brazil. As part of the municipal equine health program of Monte Mor county, a total of 64 animals were evaluated through serology for the presence of antibodies against EIA virus, using agar gel immunodiffusion test. Three animals were serologically reagent resulting in a local occurrence of 4.7%. Due to the significant use of horses as working and recreational animals in urban areas, it is mandatory that public authorities set up policies of responsible ownership and zoonoses control involving equine populations, aiming both animal welfare improvement and human health protection. |
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