Aspectos da bovinocultura leiteira no Município de Ilhéus-BA / Characterization of dairy cattle production in Ilhéus -BA

The results show that the milk production activity in the county of Ilhéus, Bahia state, Brazil, lacks of technologies that could improve milk productivity. General information about the farms were obtained through a survey. Thirty-seven (43.5 percent) farms were smaller or equal to 50ha and 65 (76.5 percent) farms produced 50l of milk per day, characterizing these farmers as small producers. In 46 (54.1 percent) farms no information concerning costs, level of production, reproduction efficiency or sanity of the herds were found. In 29 (34.2 percent) farms the information was registered in portable computer database, six (7.1 percent) farms used structured index cards and four (4.7 percent) farms had desktop computers. Forty-one (48.2 percent) farms had roofed and paved milk facilities, three (3.5 percent) farms had not roofed but paved, in 31 (36.5 percent) farms the corrals were not roofed and unpaved, and 10 (11.8 percent) farms had no constructions.

Prevalência de tuberculose e brucelose bovina no município de Ilhéus / Prevalence of bovine tuberculosis and brucellosis in Ilhéus, Bahia - Brazil

Aiming to determining the prevalence of tuberculosis and brucellosis in Ilhéus, Bahia, Brazil, 916 cows aged 24 months or above and allocated in 85 farms were tested. The compared cervical intradermic tuberculosis and serological buffered acidified antigen (BAA), slow tube serum agglutination (STSA) and 2-mercapto ethanol (2-ME) tests were used. The prevalence of tuberculosis and brucellosis was 2.8 and 1.9 percent, respectively. The distribution of positive farms (10.6 percent) is in agreement with the notion that these diseases are widespread in the country