EPIDEMIOLOGY AND CONTROL OF PSEUDORABIES OUTBREAKS IN RIO GRANDE DO SUL STATE, BRAZIL, 2003 / EPIDEMIOLOGIA E CONTROLE DOS FOCOS DE DOENÇA DE AUJESZKY NO RIO GRANDE DO SUL, BRASIL, EM 2003
AUTOR(ES)
Fernando Henrique Sauter Groff
DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO
2005
RESUMO
Aujeszkys disease (AD) or pseudorabies is an important viral disease of swine and has significant economic impact on the pig industry worldwide. The infection produces direct and indirect economic losses, mainly due to restrictions to international trade of swine products. Since the beginning of the 20th century, AD had been notified in several Brazilian regions, yet Rio Grande do Sul state (RS) remained as a provisionally free area under the International Organization of Epizooties (OIE) guidelines. In 2003, two outbreaks were notified in swine herds located in northern RS, boundary with Santa Catarina, a state where the infections is endemic. Control/eradication measures consisted in tracing back all swine movements, quarantine and eradication of the affected herds by sanitary slaughter under official inspection. In outbreak # 1 (Pinheirinho do Vale, January/2003) six herds were affected, one of which presented animals with clinical signs. Starting from this outbreak, 146 herds and 42.399 pigs were traced back, six herds (7.822 animals) being depopulated the herd where the index outbreak plus five other herds with positive serology. The outbreak #2 (Aratiba, September/2003) resulted in a wider spread of the infection, involving another three counties and 77 herds (nine with clinical signs; 68 with positive serology). From the index case, 109.316 pigs in 630 herds were traced back; 28.443 animals from positive herds were slaughtered. Total numbers reached 151.715 traced back animals in 776 herds; 71 herds were found serologically positive. The adopted measures were efficient to eliminate the outbreaks and to stop the disease spread to neighboring areas, reestablishing the sanitary status previous to the outbreaks.
ASSUNTO(S)
pseudorabies epidemiology medicina veterinaria doença de aujeszky aujeszkys disease epidemiologia pseudoraiva
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