Glanders and brucellosis in equids from the Amazon region, Brazil
•Glanders and brucellosis are present in equids from Marajó Island, in the Brazilian Amazon, and may be endemic.•The occurrence of these zoonotic diseases represents a constant risk to public health, especially in communities where there is close contact with horses.•The monitoring and control of in...
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| Published in: | Acta tropica Vol. 231; p. 106429 |
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| Main Authors: | , , , , , , , , , , , , |
| Format: | Journal Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier B.V
01-07-2022
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| Summary: | •Glanders and brucellosis are present in equids from Marajó Island, in the Brazilian Amazon, and may be endemic.•The occurrence of these zoonotic diseases represents a constant risk to public health, especially in communities where there is close contact with horses.•The monitoring and control of infectious diseases is of paramount importance for the economy and for the preservation of rare horse breeds, such as Marajoara and Puruca.
Glanders and brucellosis are zoonotic infectious diseases that affect equids in several countries worldwide. On Marajó Island (Amazon region of Brazil), Marajoara and Puruca horses, which are well adapted to the climatic and territorial adversities of the region, play a fundamental role in the local economy and in the sociocultural lives of the population. However, these animals have undergone a drastic reduction in number, markedly due to precarious veterinary care, unknown causes of morbidity and mortality, and disordered crossing with other breeds introduced to the island. Thus, this study aimed to investigate the occurrence of glanders and brucellosis in equids on a property located in the municipality of Soure, Marajó Island (Brazil). Serum samples were collected from 388 animals (357 horses and 31 mules), maintained in an extensive breeding system, in a property that was also extensively breeding buffaloes, goats, and sheep, with contact among species. The sera were tested for glanders using an indirect ELISA (ELISAi), and the results were confirmed by immunoblotting. The diagnosis of brucellosis was made using the Rose Bengal test (RBT) and confirmed through the Serum Agglutination test (SAT) and 2-mercaptoethanol test. In the case of glanders, 2.31% (9/388) of animals were positive in ELISAi test, of which eight had results confirmed by immunoblotting, representing 2.06% seropositivity in the entire herd. For brucellosis, serum samples from 6.7% (26/388) horses were reactive in the RBT, of which 4.12% (18/388) had a titer ≥50 and 2.06% (8/388) had a titer ≥100 in the SAT. This is the first study to report the occurrence of glanders and equine brucellosis in the municipality of Soure/Marajó Island. Monitoring the occurrence of such diseases is extremely important since they affect the herds economically and zootechnically, in addition to their high zoonotic potential. The number of animals sampled in this study, as well as the way they are raised and managed, is representative of the total equid population of the island. These results, combined with previous studies on buffaloes, indicate that these diseases are endemic in the Marajo Island.
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| ISSN: | 0001-706X 1873-6254 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.actatropica.2022.106429 |