Prevalencia de Hematuria Enzoótica Bovina diagnosticada mediante el uso de tiras reactivas en el cantón Arenillas

Abstract

Bovine Enzootic Hematuria is a disease that affects people, due to the consumption of a fern of the class Pteridum aquilinum, commonly known as male fern or Llashipa, which releases a carcinogenic and mutagenic substance called ptaquitoside, causing gastric cancer in people. Enzootic hematuria occurs in urine with blood, which in some cases is often confused with other diseases that have the same sign, the intake of fern in bovine animals, causes damage to the neurological system and a vitamin B1 vitamin deficiency. The objective of the study was to determine the presence of Bovine Enzootic Hematuria diagnosed by the use of test strips in the canton of Arenillas. A directed selection study was conducted on 210 animals, urine samples were taken through perivulvar massage and these samples were evaluated with the use of test strips, in addition the variables age, sex, racial type and symptomatology were related to the presence of hematuria through the use ofstatistical tests such as Chi square and T of student to observe the significancebetween them.