ABSTRACT
An epidemiological survey of all cases of bovine rabies that occurred in Mato Grosso, Brazil, during the years 1996 to 2006 was conducted by way of the analysis of the epidemic curve, by calculating the sum, average, standard deviation, maximum and minimum values of the occurrence of rabies in three ecosystems; statistical analysis between the actual cattle in the three biomes of the state and the number of cases of rabies cattle; and the seasonal distribution and disease situation in the state in relation to the national scene. The data were organized by taking into account the month and year of occurrence of rabies and the geographic region of the origin of the material. The different cities involved were classified according to their location in regions of Cerrado, the Pantanal and the Amazon. It was found that the variation in the number of positive cases of the disease has been increasing in recent years, with the largest number of cases occurring in the Cerrado biome, which showed a trend of annual increase. Beginning in the year 2004 the Cerrado ecosystem passed from the situation of enzootic to epizootic, making it evident that the main bovine rabies problem in the state of Mato Grosso is situated in the Cerrado biome.
KEY WORDS
Rabies; cattle; epidemiology; biomes; Mato Grosso
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