The Occurrence of Cattle Tick Fever in a Region of the Atlantic Forest on the Border with the Caatinga in Brazil.

Autor: Puentes JD; Postgraduate Program in Animal Science in the Tropics, Federal University of Bahia, Salvador 40170-110, Brazil., Carvalho VS; Livestock Development Center, Federal University of Bahia, Santo Amaro 44200-000, Brazil., Caymmi LG; Postgraduate Program in Animal Science in the Tropics, Federal University of Bahia, Salvador 40170-110, Brazil., Mendonça MFF; Postgraduate Program in Animal Science in the Tropics, Federal University of Bahia, Salvador 40170-110, Brazil., Riet-Correa F; Postgraduate Program in Animal Science in the Tropics, Federal University of Bahia, Salvador 40170-110, Brazil.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Animals : an open access journal from MDPI [Animals (Basel)] 2023 Nov 24; Vol. 13 (23). Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Nov 24.
DOI: 10.3390/ani13233636
Abstrakt: The Atlantic Forest biome is considered an area in which tick fever is endemic, while the Caatinga biome is considered an area in which tick fever is non-endemic. A survey on cattle tick fever was carried out in 448 cattle farms located in an area of the Atlantic Forest biome which borders the Caatinga biome. A retrospective study of five years, conducted from January 2018 to October 2022, allowed for the identification of the occurrence of tick fever in 44 out of the 448 herds visited. In 70.5% (31/44) of the herds involved, the disease was caused by Anaplasma marginale ; in 6.8% (3/44), the disease was caused by Babesia spp.; and in 22.7% (10/44), the disease was caused by a coinfection of Babesia spp. and A. marginale . The disease mainly occurred from August to November (23/44). Bos taurus or B. taurus crossbreed animals were most affected (29/44) in an area in which 94% of the cattle were Bos indicus and 6% were B. taurus and B. taurus crossbreeds. In 24 herds (with adults affected in 17 and calves in 7), the implicated animals had recently been moved to the Atlantic Forest. In the other 20 herds (calves with heavy tick infestations were affected in 17 and adults in 3), tick fever occurred in non-moved cattle. Even though it is an endemic zone, tick fever is common and mainly affects B. taurus cattle, including adults moved from areas with enzootic instability and calves under nine months old with high tick loads.
Databáze: MEDLINE
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