Anatomopathologic evaluation of Brucella ovis pathogenesis in rams experimentally infected

Abstract

The control of ovine brucellosis, an important disease, has not been easy. The diagnostic must associate bacteriology and serology.B. ovis pathogenesis has not been studied recently. Few papers are found mainly in Australia. Recently a sanitary program of control of sheep and goats was stablished and ovine brucellosis is one of the objective. considering the importance of knowledge of ovine brucellosis pathogenesis, few papers published and the growing of ovine culture in Brazil, the aim of this work is correlate the histopathologic lesions of genital organs to serologic response, B. ovis isolation in semen, urine and organs and clinical symptoms of these animals evaluating them as a source of infections to the herd. In addition has an objective to validate a canine brucellosis diagnostic kit for ovine brucellosis diagnostic in routine. (AU)