Prevalência de sarna sarcóptica em suínos mantidos em criações intensivas na microrregião de Goiânia - Go – Brasil

Resumo

The objective of this study was to estabíish the prevalence of the sarcoptic mange in pigs in the microregion of Goiânia, State of Goiás, from August to December 2001. Thirty two farms located in 23 municipalities in the range of 250 Km from Goiânia city were included in this study. From 2,737 breeding stocks, 322 ear skin scrap samples were collected using a curette, and each sample was then submitted to dkect microscopy or to the floatation technique. It was demonstrated that 39 pigs and 10 farms wcrc ínfcsted, despite the method of diagnosis used to dctect sarcoptic mange. Thirty three pigs were confirmed as positive by direct microscopy and 27 animais by the floatation technique. The overall prevalence determined for the microregion of Goiânia was 12,1%.

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Sama sarcóptica, Suíno, Prevalência, Diagnóstico, Ectoparasitos, Sarcoptes scabiei, Sarcoptic mange, Swine, Prevalence, Diagnosis, Externai parasite, Sarcoptes scabiei

Citação

SILVA, Edinilson Vieira; SOBESTIANSKY, Jurij; LINHARES, Guido Fontgalland Coelho; VIEIRA, Rafael Costa; OLIVEIRA, Jaison Pereira de; VIEIRA, Maria Cristina de Medeiros. Prevalência de sarna sarcóptica em suínos mantidos em criações intensivas na microrregião de Goiânia - Go – Brasil. Revista de Patologia Tropical, Goiânia, v. 31, n. 2, p. 225-232, jul./dez. 2002. Disponível em: <https://www.revistas.ufg.br/iptsp/article/view/14567/9134>.