Frequência da linfadenite caseosa em propriedades do Rio Grande do Norte e Paraíba e as medidas de controle utilizadas pelos proprietários.

Abstract

It was aimed at with this work to identify the clinical Frequency of the caseous lymphadenitis in properties of Rio Grande do Norte and of Paraíba and to evaluate the control measures that are being utilizing by the proprietors. A total of 1725 animals were examined in fourteen properties. Information on creation system, exploration type, (meat, milk or mixed), feeding, area of the property, total of animals and procedures used in the control of the caseous lymphadenitis were obtained through questionary. In Paraíba, the average prevalence was 11.08% (153/1380), ranging between 7.14 and 22%, and Rio Grande do Norte was 11.30% (39/345), with a range of 2.85 to 22.5%. In spite of the risk factors have not been analyzed the largest number of animals with caseous lymphadenitis in properties in that there is supply of food at night in hods and confinement, suggests that these can be important risk factors due to the contact of the animal in parts of the hods that were used by animals with abscesses and the contact among the sick and healthy animals in the case of the night confinement. The drainage procedures accomplished a lot of times are inadequate, and the proprietors can be contributing with the dissemination of the illness due to the environmental contamination. The lack of information or interests of the keepers about utilizing of control measures and the difficulty in acquire appropriate substances for topical application in the abscess and the use of products that doesn't have effectiveness tom contribute to the dissemination of caseous lymphadenitis. In the visited properties 78,57% (11/14) of the proprietors ignore the vaccine and 100% of them doesn't use it. In conclusion the control measures used in the properties are not appropriate to the control of the illness.