Rabies in herbivores in the state of Piauí during 2007 to 2011

Autores

  • Ana Virginia Piauilino SANTOS Agência de Defesa Agropecuária do Estado do Piauí
  • Mikaela Lopes de CALDAS Graduação em Medicina, Universidade Estadual do Piauí
  • Manoel Henrique KLEIN JUNIOR Universidade Federal do Piauí image/svg+xml
  • Airton Leôncio Dutra da SILVA Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, and Food Supply image/svg+xml
  • Francisco das Chagas CARDOSO FILHO Agência de Defesa Agropecuária do Estado do Ceará

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21708/avb.2016.10.3.5609

Resumo

Rabies is an acute contagious infectious disease, mainly characterized by nervous symptoms that can affect all mammals. It is characterized by sometimes signs of aggression, and others by paresis, paralysis and acute viral encephalitis. This study aimed to describe, by using the basis of the data recorded in the Continental Epidemiological Surveillance System , SivCont, the epidemiological profile of rabies of herbivores in Piauí in 2007 to 2011. Durante the period there were reported 66 cases of nervous syndromes in the state of Piaui, where 35 cases were confirmed positive laboratory result for rabies in herbivores, and of this total, 94%were in cattle. Also noted is that there are areas in the state of Piaui without nerve syndromes notifications, showing the complete "epidemiological silence", suggesting situations of underreporting, even when in the vicinity there have been outbreaks of disease. Situations like this suggests the necessity of an increase in animal health protection actions, actions in health education, covering all segments of the community and intensifying surveillance activities.

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08/01/2016

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