| Autor: |
Sahidou Salifou, Sabbas Attindéhou, Chakirath Folakè Arikè Salifou, Louis-Joseph Pangui |
| Jazyk: |
English<br />Spanish; Castilian<br />Portuguese |
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| Zdroj: |
Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária, Vol 22, Iss 2, Pp 243-247 |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
1984-2961 |
| DOI: |
10.1590/S1984-29612013000200043 |
| Popis: |
An epidemiological survey was undertaken from March to September 2010 to assess the prevalence and zoonotic aspects of scabies in small ruminants in two agro-ecological zones in southern Benin. Small ruminant (n = 444) smallholders and 1,807 of their animals (1,233 West African dwarf goats and 574 West African dwarf sheep) were included in the study. The animals underwent physical examination and, when scabies-like lesions were found, crusts and integument scrapings were collected for microscopic parasitological tests. The samples collected in each survey were coded in accordance with the owner-animal pairings in order to assess the degree of correlation between mange cases in humans (smallholders) and their animals. The overall prevalence of scabies was 28.33% and 9.5% in animals and smallholders (human cases) respectively. Infestations were significantly (p < 0.001) more frequent in goats (39.6%) than in sheep. The uniqueness of the etiological agent (Sarcoptes scabiei), the very high predictive value of human scabies in infected farms (83.67%) and a very high odds ratio (OR = 2,019.25) indicate that small ruminant scabies has been transmitted to smallholders by their animals. Close contact between these smallholders and their animals was a determining factor in this interspecies communicability of sarcoptic mange. |
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