This study was aimed at investigating the prevalence of antibodies against infections virus of influenza virus (EIV), viral viral arteritis (EVAV), and herpesvirus (EHV) among horses in Rio Grande do Sul (RS) state, Brazil. Serum samples from horses of Serum samples from horses from 65 counties of northern and northwestern of RS, submitted to serological diagnosis for equine infectious anemia (EIA) at the University of Passo Fundo (UPF), were tested by inhibition hemaglutination test (HI) for EIV and by virus -neutralization test (VN) for EVAV and EHV antibodies. From 1506 samples, 986 (65.4%) presented antibodies against to EIV (titers ranging from 10 to 1280), 33 (2.2%) were positive for to EVAV antibodies (2-16), and 67 (4.5%) for EHV (2-64). Among the 65 sampled counties, 55 (84.6%) presented at least one positive animal to EIV, 15 (23%) to EVAV, and 12 (18.5%) to EHV. The prevalence among horses of different purposes (sports, farmshow and reproduction) and between genders did not differ significantly, indicating that these different herds are epidemiologically similar regarding these infections. These results demonstrate indicatesuggest the presence of these agents among RS horses and indicate the need necessityneed for additional epidemiological studies to determine the sanitary and economical importance of these infections for the RS equine husbandry.
seroprevalence; epidemiology; EIV; EVAV; EHV
