Determinación de la prevalencia de brucelosis bovina en el cantón Limón Indanza, mediante prueba de Tarjeta Rosa de Bengala (RB).

Abstract

This research, which is called "Determination of the prevalence of bovine brucellosis in the canton Limón Indanza by test card Rose Bengal (RB)", was conducted as thesis in the career of Veterinary Medicine, Universidad Católica de Cuenca. The objectives for this research were to determine the prevalence of bovine brucellosis in the city Limon Indanza, determine the prevalence of bovine brucellosis by sex of the animals of reproductive age, determine areas of higher prevalence of bovine brucellosis in the canton studio and estimate the percentage of cases and their economic impact. The field method was based on the extraction of blood from the jugular vein into tubes without anticoagulant, to be properly labeled and transported to the laboratory where they were processed, I was centrifuged, obtaining blood serum, which subsequently pipes collects extracted multiple, about 1 cc, labeling and storing at refrigerator temperatures, and later transport them to the lab and run tests concerned. I performed laboratory tests was observed that there are no positive cases of the 126 samples of the study, which is why the prevalence of bovine brucellosis in the canton Limón Indanza by test card rose bengal (RB) is not significant .

Keywords: Brucella, brucellosis, bovine brucellosis, Bang's disease, Malta fever, bovine blood