Survey of bovine brucellosis on the island of Fernando de Noronha, Pernambuco, Brazil

Erivânia Camelo de Almeida; Marcília Maria Alves de Souza; Carlos Diógenes Ferreira Lima Filho; Fernando Jorge Rodrigues Magalhães; Késia Alcântara Queiroz Pontual; Filipe Sobral Fonsêca; Maria Fernanda Vianna Marvulo; Ricardo Augusto Dias; Fernando Ferreira; José Soares Ferreira Neto; Jean Carlos Ramos da Silva

Survey of bovine brucellosis on the island of Fernando de Noronha, Pernambuco, Brazil

2022

Considering the lack of information about livestock diseases on Brazilian oceanic islands, the occurrence of bovine brucellosis was investigated on the island of Fernando de Noronha, state of Pernambuco, Brazil. Serum samples were collected in October 2009, from all the 105 cows raised on the island at that time. These were examined concurrently using the Rose Bengal test and the Complement Fixation Test. All the samples were negative in both tests, indicating that the cows on the island were likely free from infection by smooth forms of Brucella. These results can partly be explained by the prohibition of introduction and importation of both small and large-sized animals that had been implemented through District Decree 19 of February 28, 2004.

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