Fernando Ferreira

TL;DR: It is found that age but not household income is associated with the number of dogs or cats in households that have pets; higher income households were more likely to have dogs when compared to low-income households, contradicting a common belief that the poorer the family, the more likely they have pets.

TL;DR: The epidemiological information generated by this study provides information for planning of risk-based surveillance actions, and justifies the adoption of free-herd certification programs for bovine tuberculosis in the main dairy regions of Goias.

TL;DR: It was observed that the condition of the herds infected with bovine tuberculosis was associated with milk production, European or mestizo breeds, degree of sophistication in the production mode, and herd size of up to 486 animals, suggesting that the implementation of a monitoring system for detection and elimination of the residual infected herds along with of risk-based monitoring elements is the best strategy for the state.

TL;DR: In this paper, a study to characterize the brucellosis epidemiological situation in the State of Rondonia was carried out, where three hundred herds were randomly sampled in each region and 927 herds and 9,717 serum samples were collected.

TL;DR: Foram estimados, neste estudo, parâmetros relacionados a dinâmica populacional canina no Municipio of Ibiuna, Estado de Sao Paulo, para animais domiciliados, recolhidos e eutanasiados, no periodo de 1998 a 2002.