Epidemiological situation of bovine and bubaline tuberculosis in the state of Para, Amazon region of Brazil.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Bovine tuberculosis is one of the primary infectious diseases affecting cattle. Although several countries have managed to eradicate this zoonosis it remains endemic and uncontrolled across many countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East. Brazil launched its national control and eradication program in 2001, and since then, epidemiological studies have been carried out to define optimal control strategies and to enable the management of the process in each region.

Methods

This study covered the state of Pará, which was divided into three regions, in each of which a pre-established number of properties were randomly selected, and within each property, a minimum number of animals were drawn to be tested by the tuberculin test to classify the farm

SUBMITTER: Oliveira BCRDS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11618058 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature