Transmissão transplacentária de Anaplasma marginale (THEILER, 1910) em bovinos do sul do Rio Grande do Sul

Abstract

The transplacentary transmission of Anaplasma marginale was study in calves at the birth, from mothers cronically infected, without medical history of acute anaplamosis during the pregnancy. The study was carried out using 30 calves and their mothers, from Capão do Leão county, in the southern region of Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil, which represents an area of enzootic instability to A.marginale infection, where during the winter season, the climatic conditions are hostile to the development of the vectors. The blood samples of the calves were collected before the colostrum ingest, from 3 to 5 days of live, and the mothers were also collected. The serological tests used were Indirect Fluorescent Antibody Technique (IFAT) and Indirect ELISA; the direct examination was carried out by Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR). The results presented in the mothers were 63,3% in the direct examination by PCR test and in the indirect serological tests, IFAT and Indirect ELISA the percentile of positive, were respectively, 100% and 97%, to the infection by A.marginale. The transplacentary transmission of the agent was determined by the presence of antibodies (IgG) in 10% of the calves born of positive mothers, and by the agent DNA in 10,5% of them. An agreement of 93,3% was observed between the results of the serological techniques used, the precision in relation to the PCR test was 80% to IFAT and 76,7% to Indirect ELISA. The results of the tests and epidemiological importance of the transplacentary transmission of the A.marginale, are discussed.