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Proposed model to study the economic impact of bovine brucellosis and tuberculo...
Homem, Valéria Stacchini Ferreira; Higa, Zenaide Maria de Morais; Ferreira Neto, José SoaresFollowing the recent implementation of the National Program for the Control and Eradication of Brucellosis and Tuberculosis (PNCEBT), and the lack of economic research on animal health in Brazil, we created a model to estimate the economic impact of brucellosis and tuberculosis on livestock production, using the municipality of Pirassununga/SP as a case study. The first part of our study consisted of a literatu...
Bovine and human brucellosis in the Trans-Amazonian agricultural frontier, Urua...
Homem, Valéria Stacchini Ferreira; Heinemann, Marcos Bryan; Higa, Zenaide Maria de Morais; Ferreira Neto, José SoaresWe evaluated the prevalence of brucellosis in cattle and humans on properties characterized as family farms in the municipality of Uruará, state of Pará, located on the border of the Trans-Amazon Highway, in a serological study. We randomly sampled cattle and humans from 67 family farms. Cattle sera were tested with buffered acidified antigen and human samples were tested using the slow tube agglutination test ...