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Biblioteca(s): | Embrapa Gado de Leite.
Tipo da produção científica: | Artigo em Periódico Indexado
Circulação/Nível: | A - 2
Data corrente: | 11/02/2014
Data da última atualização: | 05/02/2024
Autoria: | GOUVEIA, A. M. G.; MOLENTO, M. B.; SILVA, M. X.; BRANDAO, H. de M.; GOUVEIA, G. C.; MORLÁN, J. B.; GUIMARAES, A. S.
Afiliação: | AURORA M. G. GOUVEIA, UFMG, GEPOC; MARCELO B. MOLENTO, UFPR, GEPOC; MARCOS X. SILVA, UFMG, GEPOC; HUMBERTO DE MELLO BRANDAO, CNPGL; GABRIELA C. GOUVEIA, UFMG, GEPOC; JORGE B. MORLÁN, Secretariado Uruguayo de La Lana, Sul Montevideo; ALESSANDRO DE SA GUIMARAES, CNPGL.
Título: | Management practices to control gastrointestinal parasites in sheep farms in Minas Gerais, southeastern Brazil.
Ano de publicação: | 2013
Fonte/Imprenta: | Pesquisa Veterinária Brasileira, v. 33, n. 4, p. 464-468, 2013.
DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1590/S0100-736X2013000400009
Idioma: | Inglês
Conteúdo: | Parasite related problems are considered one of the major health problems for sheep breeding, causing considerable economic losses to commercial husbandry. The aim of this study was to determine the technological level and the level of knowledge of farmers regarding management practices to control gastrointestinal parasites in sheep in Minas Gerais state, southeastern Brazil. The analysis was based on 213 questionnaires applied by official veterinarians of the State Government Agency for Animal Health (Instituto Mineiro de Agropecuária, IMA), covering 16.6% of all counties. From two hundred and thirteen sheep farms sampled, 117 farms had their technological level determined. From the samples, 0.9% were characterized as high level, 45.3% as medium, and 53.0% as low technological level. The flock size ranged from 2 to 1843 with an average of 80.5 sheep per farm. The majority of the sheep production systems was extensive/semi-extensive (74.5%). The management practices adopted by the farmers to reduce parasitism were: split young and adult animals (5.6%), change pasture after deworm the animals (5.2%), use quarantine for incoming animals (2.3%), deworm newly arrived sheep (1.5%), and have regular technical assistance (31.9%). Although 76.5% of the farmers medicate the animals, treatments were performed without any major technical criteria, with an average interval of 4.6 months. The most commonly used drug families were macrocyclic lactones (38.5%) and benzimidazoles (24.9%). The management practices adopted in Minas Gerais are based on old recommendations and may not return in a good set of strategies to prevent parasite infections. Field observations reinforce the finding where farmers have obtained unsatisfactory results in maintaining the health and productivity level of their enterprises.
Palavras-Chave: | Epidemiological aspects; Gastrointestinal parasites; Sheep control; Technological level.
Categoria do assunto: | L Ciência Animal e Produtos de Origem Animal
URL: | http://ainfo.cnptia.embrapa.br/digital/bitstream/item/97064/1/Artigo-Humberto-v33n4a09.pdf
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