CURRALEIRO CATTLE BREED HEALTH STATUS FOR NEOSPOROSIS AND TOXOPLASMOSIS

• Autor(a) principal: Santin, Ana Paula Iglesias
• Data de Publicação: 2017
• Outros Autores: Juliano, Raquel Soares, Silva, Andréa Caetano, Oliveira, Vanessa Silvestre Ferreira de, Junqueira-Kipnis, Ana Paula, Brito, Wilia Marta Elsner Diederichsen de, Fioravanti, Maria Clorinda Soares
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Ciência animal brasileira (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://revistas.ufg.br/vet/article/view/e-44649
• topic: Animal Sanity; Sanidade Animal

This study compared the health status of Curraleiro cattle and other breeds (Nellore, Girolando, Guzera, and Caracu) for toxoplasmosis and neosporosis screening against anti-Neospora caninum and anti-Toxoplasma gondii antibodies, respectively. We used 119 female bovines of Curraleiro, Guzera, Nellore, Caracu, and Girolando breeds from four farms in Goias and Tocantins states and in the border of Goias, Minas Gerais, and Bahia states. All the farms had seropositive bovines for N. caninum. The number of seropositive Curraleiro cattle was significantly higher than the number of Guzera and Nellore cattle. Also, antibodies against toxoplasmosis were found in animals from all properties. There was no significant difference between the number of seropositive Curraleiro cattle and the breeds Nellore, Girolando, and Guzerá; however, it was significantly higher than the number of seropositive animals of Caracu breed. Keywords: bovine; local breeds; neosporosis; “Pe-duro”; toxoplasmosis.