{"id":36210,"date":"2026-02-13T09:47:28","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T15:47:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brakkeconsulting.com\/?p=36210"},"modified":"2026-02-13T09:54:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T15:54:07","slug":"brakke-viewpoint-february-13-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brakkeconsulting.com\/pt\/brakke-viewpoint-february-13-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Mirante de Brakke 13 de fevereiro de 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Atribui-se a Mark Twain a frase: &quot;O passado n\u00e3o se repete, mas rima&quot;.\u201c<\/p>\n<p>Recentemente, voltei de uma viagem \u00e0 \u00c1frica do Sul, um pa\u00eds do outro lado do mundo, onde as ind\u00fastrias de gado e su\u00ednos est\u00e3o travando uma batalha economicamente devastadora contra a febre aftosa. A doen\u00e7a se espalhou por todo o pa\u00eds, mesmo com alguns esfor\u00e7os de vacina\u00e7\u00e3o, controle da movimenta\u00e7\u00e3o de animais e rigorosas medidas de biosseguran\u00e7a. Recentemente, a doen\u00e7a tamb\u00e9m foi diagnosticada em Botsuana e Zimb\u00e1bue, tornando-se um problema regional.<\/p>\n<p>Um voo direto e tranquilo de 16 horas me levou de Joanesburgo, \u00c1frica do Sul, para Newark, e depois das formalidades com o passaporte, era hora de pegar a bagagem. Ao ver v\u00e1rios ca\u00e7adores recolhendo estojos de armas, puxei conversa sobre onde eles ca\u00e7avam, inclusive dentro e nos arredores da \u00c1frica do Sul.<\/p>\n<p>Logo nos separamos, alguns saindo do aeroporto, enquanto outros seguiam para os port\u00f5es de conex\u00e3o. No entanto, algo estava errado.,<\/p>\n<p>No final da d\u00e9cada de 2000, viajei frequentemente para a \u00c1frica e, ao retornar, toda a bagagem era verificada e as botas eram higienizadas e colocadas em sacos pl\u00e1sticos caso n\u00e3o estivessem sendo usadas. Neste aeroporto, neste dia, havia uma flagrante aus\u00eancia de biosseguran\u00e7a.<\/p>\n<p>O que mudou foram apenas as probabilidades. O risco de a febre aftosa entrar nos EUA vinda da \u00c1frica Austral no final da d\u00e9cada de 2000 era significativamente menor, pois a doen\u00e7a estava confinada a uma pequena \u00e1rea geogr\u00e1fica, mas agora est\u00e1 disseminada em bovinos (de corte e leiteiros), su\u00ednos e animais selvagens, o que aumenta o risco de transmiss\u00e3o para outros pa\u00edses.<\/p>\n<p>Como estamos atualmente muito focados na mosca-varejeira-do-novo-mundo, seria vantajoso estarmos preparados tamb\u00e9m para outros riscos, incluindo a febre aftosa.<\/p>\n<p><em>Lourens Havenga\u00a0<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Atribui-se a Mark Twain a frase: &quot;O passado n\u00e3o se repete, mas rima&quot;. Recentemente, voltei de uma viagem \u00e0 \u00c1frica do Sul, um pa\u00eds do outro lado do mundo, onde as ind\u00fastrias de gado e su\u00ednos travam uma batalha economicamente devastadora contra a febre aftosa. A doen\u00e7a se espalhou por todo o pa\u00eds, mesmo com alguns esfor\u00e7os de vacina\u00e7\u00e3o, controle da movimenta\u00e7\u00e3o de animais e rigorosas medidas de biosseguran\u00e7a. Recentemente, a doen\u00e7a tamb\u00e9m foi diagnosticada em Botsuana e Zimb\u00e1bue, tornando-se um problema regional. Um voo direto de 16 horas me levou de Joanesburgo, \u00c1frica do Sul, a Newark, e, ap\u00f3s as formalidades de passaporte, era hora de pegar a bagagem. Ao observar v\u00e1rios ca\u00e7adores recolhendo estojos de armas, puxei conversa sobre onde ca\u00e7avam, inclusive dentro e nos arredores da \u00c1frica do Sul. Logo nos separamos, alguns saindo do aeroporto, outros seguindo para os port\u00f5es de conex\u00e3o. No entanto, algo estava errado. No final dos anos 2000, eu viajava frequentemente para a \u00c1frica e, ao retornar, toda a bagagem era verificada e as botas eram higienizadas e colocadas em sacos pl\u00e1sticos caso n\u00e3o estivessem sendo usadas. Neste aeroporto, neste dia, havia uma flagrante aus\u00eancia de biosseguran\u00e7a. O que mudou? Apenas as probabilidades. O risco de a febre aftosa entrar nos EUA vinda da \u00c1frica Austral no final da d\u00e9cada de 2000 era significativamente menor, pois a doen\u00e7a estava confinada a uma pequena \u00e1rea geogr\u00e1fica, mas agora...<\/p>\n<div class=\"view-full-post\"><a href=\"https:\/\/brakkeconsulting.com\/pt\/brakke-viewpoint-february-13-2026\/\" class=\"view-full-post-btn\">Ver postagem completa<\/a><\/div>\n<p>;<\/p>","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36210","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-viewpoints"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>News from Brakke Consulting<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/brakkeconsulting.com\/pt\/brakke-viewpoint-february-13-2026\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"pt_PT\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"News from Brakke Consulting\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Mark Twain is credited to have said \u201cThe past does not repeat itself, but it rhymes.\u201d I recently returned from a trip to South Africa, a country halfway around the world, where currently the cattle and swine industries are fighting an economically devastating battle against Foot-and Mouth Disease (FMD). 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