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| Meireles, M. A. D.; Pereira, S. R. F. G.; Bernardo-Pedro, T.; Florido, V. A.; Oliveira, A. C.; Linhares, J. M.; Vieira, L. F. P.; Chicarino, C. N.. |
| Rabies is a contagious disease of great interest to the livestock and public health. The etiologic agent is a neurotropic virus (family Rhabdoviridae and genus Lyssavirus), which affects the central nervous system. The disease has an anthropozoonotic character, and all mammals may be infected and develop it. Rabies affects domestic herbivores (livestock), and its main transmitter, in rural areas, is the “common vampire bat”, Desmodus rotundus. This research aimed at education in health and surveillance of rabies, in a simple and playful, to the cattle ranchers of the Northern and Northwestern regions of Rio de Janeiro State, clarifying aspects about rural rabies. The following municipalities/ locations were visited: Batatal, Boa Vista, Cardoso Moreira,... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
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| Ano: 2011 |
URL: http://www.revistamvez-crmvsp.com.br/index.php/recmvz/article/view/38 |
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