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Seroprevalencia de brucelosis en ganado bovino y en humanos vinculados a la ganadería bovina en las zonas norte y centro de la provincia Manabí, Ecuador
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
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| Author | Aguayo, Marina Dalia Zambrano Ruano, Miguel Pérez |
| Copyright Year | 2015 |
| Abstract | Brucellosis is a highly contagious zoonotic disease producing severe economic losses to farmers in many countries including Ecuador. Updated data on this disease epidemiological behavior are needed to establish a control strategy. The aim of the present work was to find out the brucellosis seroprevalence in cattle and the workers involved in livestock herds and slaughterhouses in the northern and central regions of the province of Manabi. A transversal epidemiological study was conducted in seven cantons of the center and north of Manabi Province from October 2014 to March 2015, in which 2317 animals from 163 randomly selected cattle herds and 193 humans living or working with them were sampled. In addition, 990 bovines slaughtered in the slaughterhouses of the seven cantons studied and the 181 involved workers were also sampled. All sera were screened by using the rose Bengal test and the positive samples confirmed by competitive ELISA. The individual seroprevalence detected in the herds was 1.99%; the most affected canton was Tosagua * Correspondencia: Miguel Perez Ruano. E mail: migperez@unah.edu.cu. |
| Starting Page | 164 |
| Ending Page | 172 |
| Page Count | 9 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Volume Number | 37 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://scielo.sld.cu/pdf/rsa/v37n3/rsa04315.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
