Caracterização epidemiológica de práticas de manejo e fatores de risco para doenças infecciosas em equinos de propriedades de Uberlândia-MG

Abstract

Within equine breeding, management practices and sanitary measures are of enormous importance to avoid some infectious diseases that can affect the herd and cause economic, reproductive and even animal death. The objective of this work was to make a survey of how the preventive actions for these diseases are being carried out in properties of the region. Information was collected through a questionnaire with questions about the management and histories of the diseases addressed in the study, seeking a possible relationship between management and cases of diseases in animals. The questionnaires were applied to those responsible for seven equine properties, located in the Uberlândia region, MG, and later a qualitative data analysis was performed. It was observed that most of the properties have adequate facilities management, vaccination protocol that covers the prevention of major diseases, and no history of diseases in horses. It can be concluded that there is a positive relation between the non-occurrence of diseases with the prophylactic and sanitary measures, which are done regularly in the studied properties