Prochno Hanna Carolina, Scorsin Lucas Milléo, De Melo Fatiane Rodrigues, Baldani Cristiane Divan, Falbo Margarete Kimie, de Aquino Lucia Cury Thomaz, Lemos Karen Regina
Departamento de Medicina Veterinária, Universidade Estadual do Centro-Oeste do Paraná ? UNICENTRO, Guarapuava, PR, Brasil.
Instituto de Veterinária ? DMCV, Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro ?UFRRJ, Seropédica, RJ, Brasil.
Rev Bras Parasitol Vet. 2014 Mar;23(1):85-9. doi: 10.1590/s1984-29612014012.
The purpose of this study was to estimate the prevalence of Theileria equi in horses from central western region of Paraná state, Brazil. The presence of antibodies IgG against T. equi was determined in serum samples obtained from 400 team roping horses of the district of Guarapuava by the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Results showed that 242 (61%) animals were positive which demonstrates that equine piroplasmosis is widespread and therefore it might be a contributing factor for the irregular performance among athletes horses in the region studied. No association regarding age and sex were observed (p>0.05). To our knowledge, this is the first report describing a serological survey on equine piroplasmosis in the state of Paraná, Brazil.
本研究的目的是估计巴西巴拉那州中西部地区马匹中马泰勒虫的流行率。通过酶联免疫吸附测定(ELISA),在从瓜拉普瓦瓦地区400匹套牛绳马采集的血清样本中,测定了抗马泰勒虫的IgG抗体的存在情况。结果显示,242匹(61%)动物呈阳性,这表明马焦虫病广泛存在,因此它可能是所研究地区竞技马匹表现不稳定的一个促成因素。未观察到年龄和性别之间的关联(p>0.05)。据我们所知,这是巴西巴拉那州关于马焦虫病血清学调查的首份报告。