Detection of antibodies against Babesia bovis and Babesia bigemina in calves from the region of Araguaina, State of Tocantins, Brazil

作者：da Trindade Hebelys Ibiapina^*; de Araujo Silva Gleisom Ribeiro; Alves Teixeira Marcia Cristina; Sousa Marlos Goncalves; Machado Rosangela Zacarias; da Costa Freitas Fagner Luiz; Almeida Katyane de Sousa

来源：Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinaria, 2010, 19(3): 169-173.

• Bovine babesiosis
• calves
• sorology
• Tocantins
• Brazil

The aim of this study was to determine the seroprevalence of antibodies against B. bovis and B. bigemina in calves from the region of Araguaina, State of Tocantins, Brazil. In this research we used sera obtained from 506 calves, from both genders and of 8 to 24 months old, to detect antibodies by indirect Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA-test). Statistical analysis of the data was performed using the Chi-square (chi(2)) test with Yates correction. The seroprevalence obtained was 90.5 and 91.7% for B. bigemina and B. bovis, respectively, characterizing the region as an area of enzootic stability for the species analyzed. The seroprevalence to B. bows showed higher positivity among calves 19-24 months old.

• 出版日期2010-9