The international trade rules and the requirements of Brazil's commercial partners in the beef market makes animal defense organisms provide greater accuracy in controlling health products. This work aims to inform research and market chain meat institutions through GIS, which aims to characterize the movement of cattle in the States of Parana and Santa Catarina in 2008. In the State of Paraná showed some regionalization of flow between the bovine regions and origin of the slaughter pole, both focused on the north and northwest. Santa Catarina has focused its slaughter poles east and southbound, but the animals originate from different regions of the State. The methodology of this study intends to contribute as an exploratory tool for the implementation of strategic actions in surveillance systems.
GIS; flow networks; animal movement; health control; epidemiological surveillance
