Abstract

AGUDELO, P; MOLINA, V. M; ARIAS, V  and  MADRIGAL, E. CANINE BRUCELLOSIS SEROLOGICAL STUDY IN TWO SHELTERS OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF ENVIGADO, COLOMBIA (2011). Rev. Med. Vet. Zoot. [online]. 2014, vol.61, n.2, pp.134-141. ISSN 0120-2952.  https://doi.org/10.15446/rfmvz.v61n2.44676.

The objective of this study was to search the presence of antibodies of canine brucellosis in the population of two hostels in the municipality of Envigado (Antioquia, Colombia). For this were chosen 54 dogs of two canine shelters. They were taken blood samples in 10 males and 44 females, and they were processed under the immunochromatography technique for Brucella canis. There was no statistical difference between the parameters hostels in sex and race of each study group and no serologic evidence was found of the presence of canine brucellosis in canines sampled group. The results indicate that although the animals remained in quality of abandonment in a period of his life, his feral condition was not permanent since they were in shelters at the time of the study. The intensive policies of collecting from patients, is oriented more to care for pets abandoned, but not for ferine animals (which may be carriers of the disease more frequently). The type of population included in the study, added to the strict practice of immediately sterilization within the shelter -which in turn prevents the mattings between individuals-, both may be reducing the spread of the disease in the municipality.

Keywords : Brucella canis; dogs; seroprevalence; zoonosis.

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