Occurrence of viral diseases in donkeys (Equus asinus) in São Paulo State, Brazil
Among the diseases that affect equines, viral diseases play an important role from a health and economic point of view, especially influenza, viral arteritis, herpes infections and vesicular stomatitis. In the Brazilian literature, there is little or no account of the occurrence of infectious diseas...
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| author | Maria do Carmo Custódio de Souza Hunol Lara Eliana Monteforte Cassaro Villalobos Elenice Maria Sequetin Cunha José Victor de Oliveira Alessandra Figueiredo de Castro Nassar Lília Márcia Paulin Silva Liria Hiromi Okuda Adriana Hellmeister de Campos Nogueira Romaldini Mariana Sequetin Cunha Eduardo Carvalho Marques Enio Mori |
| author_facet | Maria do Carmo Custódio de Souza Hunol Lara Eliana Monteforte Cassaro Villalobos Elenice Maria Sequetin Cunha José Victor de Oliveira Alessandra Figueiredo de Castro Nassar Lília Márcia Paulin Silva Liria Hiromi Okuda Adriana Hellmeister de Campos Nogueira Romaldini Mariana Sequetin Cunha Eduardo Carvalho Marques Enio Mori |
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| description | Among the diseases that affect equines, viral diseases play an important role from a health and economic point of view, especially influenza, viral arteritis, herpes infections and vesicular stomatitis. In the Brazilian literature, there is little or no account of the occurrence of infectious diseases in donkeys. Given the importance of donkeys in different activities and the lack of information on infections that may occur in these animals, the aim of this study was to determine the frequency of anti-equine herpesvirus (EHV), anti-equine arteritis virus (EAV), anti-vesicular stomatitis, and anti-equine influenza (H3N8) antibodies in the serum of 85 donkeys bred in some regions of the state of Sao Paulo. We found the following antibody frequencies: 50.6% (43/85) antibodies against influenza virus subtype H3N8, 47% (40/85) anti-EHV, and 20% (17/85) anti-EAV. The donkeys were not seropositive for vesicular stomatitis. The results suggested that the agents EHV, EAV, and equine influenza subtype H3N8 circulate among donkeys in some regions of the state of Sao Paulo, Brazil, reinforcing the importance of establishing a routine diagnosis and epidemiological study of this species. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-dcb0e9b89e4146ba9c6ff9a19525e0dc2022-12-22T00:48:18ZengUniversidade de São PauloBrazilian Journal of Veterinary Research and Animal Science1413-95961678-44562017-08-0154210.11606/issn.1678-4456.bjvras.2017.121241Occurrence of viral diseases in donkeys (Equus asinus) in São Paulo State, BrazilMaria do Carmo Custódio de Souza Hunol Lara0Eliana Monteforte Cassaro Villalobos1Elenice Maria Sequetin Cunha2José Victor de Oliveira3Alessandra Figueiredo de Castro Nassar4Lília Márcia Paulin Silva5Liria Hiromi Okuda6Adriana Hellmeister de Campos Nogueira Romaldini7Mariana Sequetin Cunha8Eduardo Carvalho Marques9Enio Mori10Instituto BiológicoInstituto BiológicoInstituto BiológicoPolo Regional Alta MogianaInstituto BiológicoInstituto BiológicoInstituto BiológicoInstituto BiológicoInstituto Adolfo LutzInstituto BiológicoInstituto PasteurAmong the diseases that affect equines, viral diseases play an important role from a health and economic point of view, especially influenza, viral arteritis, herpes infections and vesicular stomatitis. In the Brazilian literature, there is little or no account of the occurrence of infectious diseases in donkeys. Given the importance of donkeys in different activities and the lack of information on infections that may occur in these animals, the aim of this study was to determine the frequency of anti-equine herpesvirus (EHV), anti-equine arteritis virus (EAV), anti-vesicular stomatitis, and anti-equine influenza (H3N8) antibodies in the serum of 85 donkeys bred in some regions of the state of Sao Paulo. We found the following antibody frequencies: 50.6% (43/85) antibodies against influenza virus subtype H3N8, 47% (40/85) anti-EHV, and 20% (17/85) anti-EAV. The donkeys were not seropositive for vesicular stomatitis. The results suggested that the agents EHV, EAV, and equine influenza subtype H3N8 circulate among donkeys in some regions of the state of Sao Paulo, Brazil, reinforcing the importance of establishing a routine diagnosis and epidemiological study of this species.http://www.revistas.usp.br/bjvras/article/view/121241DonkeysEquidsSerologyInfectious diseasesBrazil |
| spellingShingle | Maria do Carmo Custódio de Souza Hunol Lara Eliana Monteforte Cassaro Villalobos Elenice Maria Sequetin Cunha José Victor de Oliveira Alessandra Figueiredo de Castro Nassar Lília Márcia Paulin Silva Liria Hiromi Okuda Adriana Hellmeister de Campos Nogueira Romaldini Mariana Sequetin Cunha Eduardo Carvalho Marques Enio Mori Occurrence of viral diseases in donkeys (Equus asinus) in São Paulo State, Brazil Brazilian Journal of Veterinary Research and Animal Science Donkeys Equids Serology Infectious diseases Brazil |
| title | Occurrence of viral diseases in donkeys (Equus asinus) in São Paulo State, Brazil |
| title_full | Occurrence of viral diseases in donkeys (Equus asinus) in São Paulo State, Brazil |
| title_fullStr | Occurrence of viral diseases in donkeys (Equus asinus) in São Paulo State, Brazil |
| title_full_unstemmed | Occurrence of viral diseases in donkeys (Equus asinus) in São Paulo State, Brazil |
| title_short | Occurrence of viral diseases in donkeys (Equus asinus) in São Paulo State, Brazil |
| title_sort | occurrence of viral diseases in donkeys equus asinus in sao paulo state brazil |
| topic | Donkeys Equids Serology Infectious diseases Brazil |
| url | http://www.revistas.usp.br/bjvras/article/view/121241 |
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