Ocorrência de botulismo em ruminantes atendidos no Hospital Veterinário da Universidade Federal de Campina Grande.

Abstract

Botulism is a disease of the central nervous system caused by the ingestion of botulinum toxin affecting ruminants causing severe economic losses. The study was conducted through the collection and analysis of epidemiological data, clinical signs and clinical course of cases of botulism occurred in sheep and cattle goats at the Veterinary Hospital of the Federal University of Campina Grande - Campus of Patos, between January 2008 will in December 2013 and from these determine the relationship with sources of contamination, gender, race, age, origin and compare the results with what is described in the literature. At work we observed a higher incidence of cases botulism linked to poultry litter intake as a source of contamination. The cases run in small ruminants were contaminated sources characteristics of Paraiba semi-arid region, such as waste food, causing serious economic losses to producers.