Orbivirus infections in collared peccaries (Tayassu tajacu) in southeastern Brazil

Priscilla F Gerber; Grazielle C F Galinari; Adriana Cortez; Cátia D Paula; Zélia I P Lobato; Marcos B Heinemann

doi:10.7589/0090-3558-48.1.230

Orbivirus infections in collared peccaries (Tayassu tajacu) in southeastern Brazil

J Wildl Dis. 2012 Jan;48(1):230-2. doi: 10.7589/0090-3558-48.1.230.

Authors

Priscilla F Gerber¹, Grazielle C F Galinari, Adriana Cortez, Cátia D Paula, Zélia I P Lobato, Marcos B Heinemann

Affiliation

¹ Laboratório de Pesquisa em Virologia Animal, Departamento de Medicina Veterinária Preventiva, Escola de Veterinária, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Avenida Antonio Carlos, 6667, Caixa Postal 567, CEP 30123-970, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil.

PMID: 22247399
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-48.1.230

Abstract

We surveyed 49 free-living collared peccaries (Pecari tajacu) in Brazil for antibodies against bluetongue virus (BTV) and porcine circovirus 2 (PCV2). Antibodies against BTV were detected in 19/49 (39%) samples. All samples were negative for PCV2. The importance of antibodies to BTV in collared peccaries remains to be determined.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Animals
Antibodies, Viral / blood*
Artiodactyla*
Bluetongue / epidemiology*
Bluetongue virus / immunology
Brazil / epidemiology
Circoviridae Infections / epidemiology
Circoviridae Infections / veterinary*
Circovirus / immunology*
Female
Male
Seroepidemiologic Studies

Substances

Antibodies, Viral