Presence of anti-Leishmania spp. antibodies in slaughter horses in Brazil

Authors :: Fernanda Evers
Fernanda Pinto Ferreira
Italmar Teodorico Navarro
Regina Mitsuka-Breganó
Sthefany Pagliari
Thais Cabral Monica
Beatriz de Souza Lima Nino
Roberta Lemos Freire
Source :: Semina: Ciências Agrárias, Vol 38, Iss 6, Pp 3921-3926 (2017)
Publication Year :: 2017
Publisher :: Universidade Estadual de Londrina, 2017.
Abstract: The objective of this study was to investigate the presence of anti-Leishmania spp. antibodies using an indirect immunofluorescence technique in the serum of equidae slaughtered in two slaughterhouses registered with the Federal Inspection Service. Titers greater than 40 were considered reagents. Blood samples were collected from 398 animals of both sexes, with different ages, and coming from six Brazilian states, of which 46.0% (183/398) were reactive, indicating that these animals were exposed to the leishmaniasis agent that is widely distributed in Brazil.