Prevalencia de brucelosis bovinas mediante el método de rosa de bengala en fincas ganaderas del cantón Chilla.

Abstract

Bovine brucellosis disease is zoonotic, affects humans, and also produces large economic and productive losses for farmers. The best known signs are abortions, retained placenta and metritis. In the present work, as a result of the prevalence of brucellosis in the Chilla canton-El Oro Province, it is 0%, taking into account the variables: origin, age, race, sex and type of exploitation, the following results were obtained; where in the provenance the Elincalo sector stands out in the number of animals sampled in this work with 45 animals representing 12.26%, followed by the Dumari sector with 36 animals representing 9.81% of the sample population. The age variable, 90 animals from 1 to 2 years old, was the outstanding number of animals that represented 24.52%, 120 animals from 2 to 3 years old, with 32.70% and finally 157 animals from 3 years and older that represent 42.78%. The breed variable 114 animals correspond to the mixed breed and represents 31.06%, 104 Holstein animals, which represents 28.34%. For the sex variable, 83 male animals were registered, representing 22.62%, and 284 animals were registered as female, representing 77.38%. The type of farm variable 243 animals were from dairy farms, which represent 66.21%, 109 cattle from meat farms, which represent 29.70%, and finally 15 animals of dual-purpose farm type, which represent 4.09%.