Журнал тропических болезней и общественного здравоохранения

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Brucellosis in Dogs

Vieira RBK*, Brasão SC, Bisinoto MB, Silva DM, Silva NAM, Eurides D, Lima AMC

The brucellosis is a cronical contagious disease that affects animals and humans, been characterized as a zoonosis. The present study aimed to the detection of brucelosis in 66 dogs examined at the Veterinary Hospital of the Federal University of Uberlândia, naturally infected with Ehrlichia sp. For this study, two species of Brucella were selected, B. abortus and B. canis. For B. abortus the disease was diagnosed with the Rose Bengal Test, confirmed by the ME-RSAT test, and the B. canis was dignosed by a Veterinary Diagnostic comercial kit specifically for it. The prevalence of B. abortus was found in 16 of the 66 dogs evaluated (24.24%), with five confirmed by the ME-RSAT test, and no reagent for B. canis. Positive animals had mainly reproductive problems. With the presented results, it can be concluded that brucellosis is a present disease in dogs and probably have being neglected by the occurrence of erlichiosis at the same time.