Anticorpos contra pestivirus e herpesvirus em caprinos leiteiros no Estado de Pernambuco / Antibodies against pestivirus and herpesvirus in dairy goats in Pernambuco State, Brazil

ABSTRACT

A preliminar survey to detect antibodies against BVD/MD (NADL) and BHV1 (Los Angeles) was perfomed in five dairy goat flocks from four counties of Pernambuco State, Brazil. Two hundred and six serum samples of purebred (Saanen, Toggenburg and Alpine) and crossbred goats were tested by microplate serumneutralization test. Positive results (titre >/ 4) were recorded in 11.6 per cent and 6.8 per cent of samples test to BVD/MD and BHV 1, respectively