Occurrence of viral diseases in donkeys (Equus asinus) in São Paulo State, Brazil

Authors

  • Maria do Carmo Custódio de Souza Hunol Lara Instituto Biológico
  • Eliana Monteforte Cassaro Villalobos Instituto Biológico
  • Elenice Maria Sequetin Cunha Instituto Biológico
  • José Victor de Oliveira Polo Regional Alta Mogiana
  • Alessandra Figueiredo de Castro Nassar Instituto Biológico
  • Lília Márcia Paulin Silva Instituto Biológico
  • Liria Hiromi Okuda Instituto Biológico
  • Adriana Hellmeister de Campos Nogueira Romaldini Instituto Biológico
  • Mariana Sequetin Cunha Instituto Adolfo Lutz
  • Eduardo Carvalho Marques Instituto Biológico
  • Enio Mori Instituto Pasteur

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.1678-4456.bjvras.2017.121241

Keywords:

Donkeys, Equids, Serology, Infectious diseases, Brazil

Abstract

Among the diseases that affect equines, viral diseases play an important role from a health and economic point of view, especially influenza, viral arteritis, herpes infections and vesicular stomatitis. In the Brazilian literature, there is little or no account of the occurrence of infectious diseases in donkeys. Given the importance of donkeys in different activities and the lack of information on infections that may occur in these animals, the aim of this study was to determine the frequency of anti-equine herpesvirus (EHV), anti-equine arteritis virus (EAV), anti-vesicular stomatitis, and anti-equine influenza (H3N8) antibodies in the serum of 85 donkeys bred in some regions of the state of Sao Paulo. We found the following antibody frequencies: 50.6% (43/85) antibodies against influenza virus subtype H3N8, 47% (40/85) anti-EHV, and 20% (17/85) anti-EAV. The donkeys were not seropositive for vesicular stomatitis. The results suggested that the agents EHV, EAV, and equine influenza subtype H3N8 circulate among donkeys in some regions of the state of Sao Paulo, Brazil, reinforcing the importance of establishing a routine diagnosis and epidemiological study of this species.

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Author Biography

  • Maria do Carmo Custódio de Souza Hunol Lara, Instituto Biológico
    Centro de Sanidade Animal

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2017-08-18

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Occurrence of viral diseases in donkeys (Equus asinus) in São Paulo State, Brazil. (2017). Brazilian Journal of Veterinary Research and Animal Science, 54(2), 154-158. https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.1678-4456.bjvras.2017.121241