Rinite Atrófica e sua importância sanitária na indústria suinícola: Uma revisão

Abstract

The Atrophic Rhinitis is a contagious infectious disease of the upper respiratory tract. It is characterized by being a high prevalence disease in pig farms, this fact gives to the Atrophic Rhinitis the status of an important disease that cause economic losses due to its pathogenicity, because its causes loss of production and its is hardly eradicated from herds.This article aimed to approach the main topics related to this disease through a literature review. These revised points are related with the disease's epidemiology, pathogenesis, clinical signs, forms of treatment, such as the control and prophylaxis.