Epidemiological surveillance in aquaculture in Maranhão: a systematic approach

• Autor(a) principal: Souza, Anna Karoline Amaral de
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Outros Autores: Saraiva, Lauro de Queiróz, Prazeres, Margarida Paula Carreira de Sá, Cunha, Natan Anderson Lisboa, Arruda, Roberto Carlos Negreiros de, Barros, Rosiane de Jesus, Bezerra, Danilo Cutrim, Coimbra, Viviane Correa Silva, Bezerra, Nancyleni Pinto Chaves
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Research, Society and Development
• Texto Completo: https://rsdjournal.org/index.php/rsd/article/view/18655
• topic: Aquatic animals; Regulation; Disease notification; Animal health.; Animales acuáticos; Regulación; Notificación de enfermedades; Salud animal.; Animais aquáticos; Regulamentação; Notificação de doenças; Sanidade animal.

The aim of the study was to systematically address aspects related to epidemiological surveillance in aquaculture, passing through economic and regulatory issues of the activity, focusing on the actions carried out in the state of Maranhão. For this, a bibliographic survey was carried out from secondary sources of research followed by the analysis and interpretation of the information collected, in a qualitative way. With the methodological procedures adopted, it appears that in Brazilian production in 2019, the state of Maranhão was the second largest in growth in the production of farmed fish, the fifth largest national producer in this regard and the third largest in production of native fish. Epidemiological surveillance is recognized worldwide as a fundamental activity for the sanitary control of livestock farms. For its efficient execution, it needs the community participation associated with the activities performed by the Official Veterinary Services in the rapid identification, notification and control of animal diseases. In Brazil, there are regulations for the sanitary control of diseases of aquatic organisms, however, there is little record of notification of these. In Maranhão, these data do not exist, despite the aquaculture activity being relevant in the state and for the national economy. As proposed measures to reduce losses in the production chain, integration actions are needed between fish farmers, private sector professionals, research institutions and public agents in a global effort to expand the health universe, as well as improve production planning aimed at growth and consolidation of the activity taking into account the organization of the sector and its suitability for a promising future.