Artrite encefalite caprina: revisão de literatura

Abstract

Caprine Arthritis Encephalitis (CAE) is a chronic and multisystemic disease that affects goats. It is caused by a retrovirus of the Lentivirinae family that causes a drop in productivity on farms and replacement of seropositive animals. Although some animals remain asymptomatic, the disease is usually manifested by arthritis, encephalitis and mastitis. The main form of transmission is via colostrum and milk from infected goats to kids, but horizontal, venereal and iatrogenic routes can also be considered possible. Control and prevention are extremely important, since so far there are no effective treatments, and they consist of separating neonates from their mothers immediately after birth, maintaining colostrum, and segregating or discarding the infected. The objective of this literature review is to provide an informative approach to some aspects of caprine Arthritis-Encephalitis, conceptualizing the definition, origin, etiopathogenesis, forms of infection, symptomatology, diagnosis, treatment and forms of control and prevention of the disease in goats.