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SEROLOGICAL DIAGNOSIS OF EQUINE INFECTIOUS ANEMIA VÍRUS INFECTION IN THE CENTRAL REGION OF THE RIO GRANDE DO SUL STATE

DIAGNÓSTICO SOROLÓGICO DA INFECÇÃO PELO VÍRUS DA ANEMIA INFECCIOSA EQÜINA NA REGIÃO CENTRAL DO ESTADO DO RIO GRANDE DO SUL

This paper consists of a brief review on equine Infectious anemia added of the results of serological diagnosis of this infection performed at the Federal University of Santa Maria, RS, Brazil, between 1979 to 1990. A total of 7,035 serum samples were tested by the agar gel immunodiffusion test (Coggins test), to which 40 (0,57%) reacted positively. This percentage of positivity is lower than in other regions of Brazil, probably due to the lack of predisposing factors for equine infectious anemia virus spread, such as, a low density of blood-sucking insects in the South of Brazil and the seldom use of massive therapies and vaccinations in the region.

equine infectious anemia; diagnosis; immunodiffusion


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