Hemoparasitism in grazing cattle and risk factors associated with husbandry management in an endemic area of Eastern Colombia

• DOI: 10.1007/s12639-024-01723-w
• Publication Date: 2024-08-19T06:57:28Z
• Authors: Natalie Hell Mor; Julieth Viviana M...; Julio César Tobón; Blanca Lisseth Gu...; Giovanny Beltran ...; Jimmy Jolman Varg...; Danny Wilson Sanj...; Gabriel Andrés Ta...
• Keywords: Animal Husbandry

Vector-borne pathogens induce hemoparasitism in cattle causing substantial economic losses tropical and subtropical areas. Infectious actively contribute to maintaining the transmission cycle, presence of these animals must be associated with husbandry management environmental changes. In present study, we conducted a cross-sectional study sampling 1,000 bovines identify infectious diagnosed by direct technique employed dichotomic questionnaire for association analyses, hierarchical clustering, Principal Component Analysis (PCA). Overall prevalence was 34.99%, where 97% farms had at least one animal per genera, properties ranged between 16.39 53.85%. Of animals, 26.20% tested positive