Evaluation of inter and intra-seasonal movement of commercial birds produced in Santa Catarina in 2017

Abstract

Animal transit is one of the main ways of disease dissemination. Because several diseases can threaten and impact the productive chain, they are targeted by control programs by the Official Health Protection Service of each country worldwide. With the intent of avoiding the spread of pathogenic agents in Brazil, guidelines for this control are determined by the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply (Ministério da Agricultura, Pecuária e Abastecimento - MAPA) and applied, in Santa Catarina, by the Integrated Agricultural Development Company of Santa Catarina (Companhia Integrada de Desenvolvimento Agrícola de Santa Catarina - CIDASC). The goal of this paper is to analyze and disseminate data on the transit of commercially produced poultry from the state of Santa Catarina, while considering intrastate and interstate transit taking place in the year of 2017. For this purpose, information from this period was collected in CIDASC’s database. The results show that 136,210,943 poultry were transported every month in intrastate transit, on average, in the evaluation period: 72,919,263 for slaughter, 62,710,860 for fattening and 580,820 for breeding. The towns and cities in Santa Catarina which transported the highest number of poultry (origin) were Videira, Herval d’Oeste, Faxinal dos Guedes, Chapecó and Araranguá, and the towns and cities that received most poultry (destination) were Capinzal, Videira, Concórdia, Chapecó and Seara. Analyses of interstate transit showed that 20.514.668 poultry were transported monthly outside of Santa Catarina, on average, in the evaluated period: 1,641,304 for slaughter, 18,41,244 for fattening and 32,120 for breeding. The main destinations for the poultry from Santa Catarina are Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul and São Paulo. Our results show that poultry farming in the west of Santa Catarina is stronger and transit of poultry in the state is intense: intrastate transit accounts for 90.74% of poultry transportation. Because animal transport poses risks to health, efforts for control of this transport must be made on a regular basis.