Title
Serological study of dourine and glanders in horses
Other title
Estudio serológico de durina y muermo equino
Date Issued
01 January 2002
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Publisher(s)
Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
Abstract
Durine and Glanders are cronic and progressive infectious diseases of horses, donkeys and mules, and human beings in case of glanders. These diseases are caused by a parasite, Trypanosoma equiperdum (T. equiperdum) and a bacteria Burkholderia mallei (B. mallei), respectively. In Peru there are no information about the clinical and serological evidence of durine and glanders. The objective of this study was to detect antibodies against T. equiperdum and B. mallei in serum samples from horses (n=505) of normal appearance, and from different areas of Peru but mainly from Lima by using the complement fixation test. No antibodies against T. equiperdum and B. mallei were detected in the serum samples tested. These results suggest that both diseases are absent or the prevalence are below 1% in the studied Peruvian horses .
Start page
91
End page
94
Volume
13
Issue
1
Language
Spanish
OCDE Knowledge area
Parasitología
Ciencia veterinaria
Enfermedades infecciosas
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85046966013
Source
Revista de Investigaciones Veterinarias del Peru
ISSN of the container
16823419
Source funding
Ministerio de Sanidad, Servicios Sociales e Igualdad
Sponsor(s)
Ministerio de Sanidad, Servicios Sociales e Igualdad
Sources of information:
Directorio de Producción Científica
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