Prevalência da anemia infecciosa equina na Ilha de Marajó, estado do Pará, Brasil

Abstract

The aim of the study was to determine the prevalence of equine infectious anemia in the municipalities of Cachoeira do Arari, Salvaterra, Santa Cruz do Arari and Soure, in the Marajó Island, State of Pará, Brazil. For serological survey were selected 349 samples collected from June 2012 to March 2013, tested by agar gel immunodiffusion. Blood count was performed in 65 samples and biochemical examinations in 70, in which was researched urea, creatinine, aspartate aminotransferase, alanine aminotransferase, gamma glutamyl transferase, alkaline phosphatase, total bilirubin and direct bilirubin. A prevalence of 24.06% (84/349) was verified. The average number of red blood cells was significantly lower in seropositive animals in relation to the seronegative ones and there was no significant difference in mean results of hematocrit, hemoglobin, mean corpuscular volume, mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration, platelets, in the white blood cell count, as well as in the biochemical examination. The clinical observed was poor nutritional status, apathy, pale mucous membranes, dehydration and elevation in heart and respiratory rate. At necropsy, the primary findings in all horses were jaundiced housing, small accumulation of fluid in the abdominal cavity, as well as hepatomegaly and splenomegaly. The histopathological examination showed spleen and liver with hemosiderosis. The equine infectious anemia is endemic in the cities studied.