Práticas sanitárias e percepção de risco de produtores de bovinos de corte no Pantanal de Mato Grosso do Sul

• Autor(a) principal: Marques Júnior, Heitor Romero [UNESP]
• Data de Publicação: 2014
• Tipo de documento: Tese
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UNESP
• Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/11449/121902
• topic: Bovino - Criação; Percepção do risco; Analise multivariada; Pesquisa sanitaria; Pantanal Mato-grossense (MS e MT); Statistics

The cattle industry is the main economic activity developed in the Pantanal of Mato Grosso do Sul. Recognized as a world heritage and biosphere reserve, the region is a major supplier of beef calves. The measures of compulsory health requirements adopted by the producers meets the guidelines of the official programs including foot-and-mouth disease, brucellosis, tuberculosis and rabies. However, most animal health actions are voluntary and depend on the initiative and interest of producers. In order to assess the perception of risk among beef cattle producers regarding the various health practices, the managers of 31 farms were interviewed in subregions Paiaguás, Nhecolândia, Abobral, Paraguai and Porto Murtinho, totaling 387.908 ha and 204.254 cattle. To analyze the related data of risk perception and health practices were considered socioeconomic factors: schooling, number of animals and length of service. The perceived risk factors were used: veterinary care, knowledge of waterborne diseases, vaccinators training, procedure in suspected case of food-and-mouth disease, knowledge and obedience to the grace period of veterinary products and disposal of corpses. The results indicate correspondence between socioeconomic factors and the model of veterinary care, the knowledge that water can transmit diseases to animals and the training of vaccinators. There was the correlation of the socioeconomic profile and the procedure in case of food-and-mouth disease suspected animals in the herd and the disposal of corpses. Producers with less schooling, fewer animals and less time in the activity have no veterinary care or have sporadically, unaware of the risks of waterborne diseases, don't develop vaccinators training, unaware and trend not to obey grace periods of veterinary products. In this condition, are very vulnerable about pet health, occupational health and environmental