Seroprevalence of Anti-Brucella spp. Antibodies in Wild Boars (Sus scrofa), Hunting Dogs, and Hunters of Brazil

Louise Bach Kmetiuk; Lília M S Paulin; Eliana Monteforte Cassaro Villalobos; Maria do Carmo Custódio de Souza Hunold Lara; Ivan Roque de Barros Filho; Monicque Silva Pereira; Renato van Wilpe Bach; Leandro Cavalcante Lipinski; Giovani Marino Fávero; Andrea Pires Dos Santos; Alexander Welker Biondo

doi:10.7589/JWD-D-20-00190

Seroprevalence of Anti-Brucella spp. Antibodies in Wild Boars (Sus scrofa), Hunting Dogs, and Hunters of Brazil

J Wildl Dis. 2021 Oct 1;57(4):974-976. doi: 10.7589/JWD-D-20-00190.

Affiliations

¹ Graduate College of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Federal University of Paraná (UFPR), Coronel Francisco Heráclito dos Santos Avenue, 100, Curitiba, Paraná State, 81531-970, Brazil.
² Animal Health Research and Development Center, Biological Institute, Conselheiro Rodrigues Alves Avenue, 1252, São Paulo, São Paulo State, 04014-002, Brazil.
³ Laboratory of Rabies and Viral Encephalitis, Animal Health Research and Development, Biological Institute, Conselheiro Rodrigues Alves Avenue, 1252, São Paulo, São Paulo State, 04014-002, Brazil.
⁴ Department of Veterinary Medicine, Federal University of Paraná State, Funcionários Street, 1540, Curitiba, Paraná State, 80035-050, Brazil.
⁵ São Paulo State Department of the Environment, Geraldo de Castro Andrade, 255, Campinas, São Paulo State, 13100-111, Brazil.
⁶ Department of Medicine, State University of Ponta Grossa, General Carlos Cavalcanti, 4748, Ponta Grossa, Paraná State, 84030-900, Brazil.
⁷ Department of General Biology, State University of Ponta Grossa, General Carlos Cavalcanti, 4748, Ponta Grossa, Paraná State, 84030-900, Brazil.
⁸ Department of Comparative Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, Purdue University, 725 Harrison Street, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907-2027, USA.

PMID: 34525212
DOI: 10.7589/JWD-D-20-00190

Abstract

All 86 wild boars (Sus scrofa), 170 hunting dogs, and 49 hunters sampled from three Brazilian regions were seronegative to Brucella spp. by the standard tube agglutination and 2-mercaptoethanol tests, suggesting a low circulation of Brucella spp. in wild boars, hunting dogs, and hunters in such areas.

MeSH terms

Animals
Brazil / epidemiology
Brucella*
Dog Diseases* / epidemiology
Dogs
Hunting
Seroepidemiologic Studies
Sus scrofa
Swine
Swine Diseases* / epidemiology
Working Dogs