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Descriptive cross-sectional study on major bovine diseases and associated risk factors in north-eastern Ecuadorian Amazon.
Ortiz-Naveda, N R; Guamán-Rivera, S A; González-Marcillo, R L; Guerrero-Pincay, A E.
Afiliação
  • Ortiz-Naveda NR; Escuela Superior Politécnica de Chimborazo, Grupo de Investigación Causana Yachay, Sede Orellana, El Coca, Ecuador.
  • Guamán-Rivera SA; Escuela Superior Politécnica de Chimborazo, Sede Orellana, El Coca, Ecuador.
  • González-Marcillo RL; Escuela Superior Politécnica de Chimborazo, Grupo de Investigación Causana Yachay, Sede Orellana, El Coca, Ecuador.
  • Guerrero-Pincay AE; Escuela Superior Politécnica de Chimborazo, Sede Orellana, El Coca, Ecuador.
Braz J Biol ; 83: e269508, 2023.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36921193
Cattle raising is a crucial element of production systems in the tropics and subtropics. However, in recent years, global public health security has been threatened by disease emergence. In Orellana Province, livestock is the most important activity to generate economic income. Nevertheless, there is no available data about Animal Health status. With this objective, a study was performed to describe the major Bovine diseases recorded between 2011 to 2019, and the main Risk factors associated. Data on main Bovine diseases were retrieved from the World Animal Health Information System database. Whereas Bovine population data used to calculate the prevalence rates and confidence intervals were obtained from Ecuador's Ministry of Agriculture. By contrast, the Risk factors identified with an epidemiological questionnaire were applied to 300 livestock farmers. As a result, from 2011 to 2019 in Orellana has been confirmed: 90 cases of Infectious Bovine Rhinotracheitis (31.58%), Bovine Rabies by hematophagous bats (Desmodus rotundus), 83 cases (29.12%), Bovine viral diarrhea with 43 cases (15.10%), Brucellosis by Brucella abortus 35 cases, which was (12.28%), and 34 cases related to Enzootic bovine leukosis (11.92%). Overall, the prevalence rates ranged from (0.24 to 15.37%). In addition, farm size, presence of forest, herd, and paddock sizes, cutting frequency of forages, and other animal species were involved as Risk factors (OR = 3.15 to 11.75; 95% CI, 0.01 to 0.69). In conclusion, there are animal diseases with reproductive and neurologic symptomology and high-Risk factors implicated in the transmission. Consequently, space-temporal and seroprevalence epidemiological studies should be performed in Orellana.
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Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Doenças dos Bovinos Tipo de estudo: Etiology_studies / Observational_studies / Prevalence_studies / Prognostic_studies / Risk_factors_studies Aspecto: Patient_preference Limite: Animals País/Região como assunto: America do sul / Ecuador Idioma: En Revista: Braz J Biol Assunto da revista: BIOLOGIA Ano de publicação: 2023 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Equador País de publicação: Brasil

Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Doenças dos Bovinos Tipo de estudo: Etiology_studies / Observational_studies / Prevalence_studies / Prognostic_studies / Risk_factors_studies Aspecto: Patient_preference Limite: Animals País/Região como assunto: America do sul / Ecuador Idioma: En Revista: Braz J Biol Assunto da revista: BIOLOGIA Ano de publicação: 2023 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Equador País de publicação: Brasil