Cow, farm, and ecologic risk factors of clinical vesicular stomatitis on Costa Rican dairy farms.
Am J Trop Med Hyg
; 53(4): 342-50, 1995 Oct.
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| ID: mdl-7485685
Twenty-two Costa Rican dairy herds were actively monitored for vesicular diseases between November 1991 and March 1992, in anticipation of the annual dry season occurrence of vesicular stomatitis (VS). Thirty-nine confirmed cases of VS were concentrated on nine farms, resulting in an average herd incidence rate of 11.1% of mature cattle for the affected farms, or 2.6% for all farms. Affected cattle were generally older (average age = 5.4 years), with seven-year-old cows having the highest age-specific incidence rate (6.5%). The New Jersey serotype of VS was diagnosed for all but four cases, primarily manifesting as teat vesicles. Cases had high acute and convalescent antibody titers for both major VS serotypes, New Jersey and Indiana, with significant titer increases after clinical disease. Screening and multiple variable regression analyses of 140 cow, farm, and ecologic variables revealed that clinical disease was significantly associated with cows being in lactation, and with higher acute antibody titers to serotype Indiana, but not with any predisposing diseases. Significant farm factors were the presence of poultry and a longer calving interval on the farm, but not higher rates of other diseases. According to a prior epidemiologic hypothesis, two ecologic factors were forced to be included into the farm model: the reported presence of sand flies, and a higher proportion of the farm being in forest land, with subsequent stepwise regression. The resulting model containing only the two forced variables was significant (P < 0.003) and correctly classified 78% of farms into the correct group, as compared with 79% for the final stepwise model.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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Base de dados:
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Assunto principal:
Estomatite
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Doenças dos Bovinos
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Vesiculovirus
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Infecções por Rhabdoviridae
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Vírus da Estomatite Vesicular Indiana
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
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Etiology_studies
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Incidence_studies
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Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Animals
País/Região como assunto:
America central
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Costa rica
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Am J Trop Med Hyg
Ano de publicação:
1995
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Canadá
País de publicação:
Estados Unidos