Avaliação da soroprevalência do rotavirus bovino em rebanhos dos assentamentos rurais de Corumbá / MS

Abstract

Rotavirus was assayed in fecal samples of calves with and without diarrhea collected during 2007. These animals were located at Corumbá (MS, Brazil) e were distributed into three settlements named Tamarineiro, Taquaral and Paiolzinho. This work has the objective of verify the occurrence of Rotabirus and to find correlation with diarrhea. Eighty three samples were test using Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis (PAGE). All of samples tested were negative to Rotavirus. Overall, this study have shown no prevalence of rotavirus in the geographical region studied, using PAGE methodology and for the 03 settlements evaluated, although Rotavirus is reported in the Mato Grosso State. PAGE is used around the word with success, having great sensitivity, once tht during the virus excretion, feces of infected animal and human can have around 1000 particles by gram, and the test is proved to be suitable for rotavirus detection.