PESQUISA DE ANTICORPOS ANTI-SALMONELLA GALLINARUM E SALMONELLA PULLORUM EM GALINHAS CAIPIRAS NO MUNICÍPIO DE AREIA - PB

Abstract

Salmonellosis are diseases caused by bacteria of the genus Salmonella, which can cause diseases in humans, in which it is responsible for a large number of toxinfections, and in animals, the birds being the most affected group, suffering from three different diseases: a Pulorose caused by Salmonella Pullorum; the avian typhus caused by Salmonella Gallinarum; and the avian paratyphoid is caused by the Salmonellas paratificas, which are all other salmonella except these two previously mentioned. These diseases are sources of great damages when they come to undertake poultry farms for that reason the MAPA (Ministry of Agriculture Livestock and Supply) institutes measures to promote the control of these diseases because these measures are not applied to the creations of poltry or the creations of small properties. Thus, this study aimed to determine the prevalence of antibodies against Salmonella enterica subspecies Enterica serovars Pullorum and Gallinarum in poultrys in the city of Areia-PB. In October and November 2017, 283 blood serum samples were collected from poltry, from 16 property. These sera were examined by the SAR (plaque agglutination) test, where 34.63% (98/283) samples were considered as reagents and in only one property there were no positive samples, therefore is concluded that S. Pullorum and S. Gallinarum are widespread in the farms of poltry in the municipality of Areia-PB.