Parasitas são comuns em sistemas intensivos avícolas ou orgânicos, mais propício para o surgimento de parasitas gastrointestinais, favorecido pelo contato direto dos animais com o solo e outros organismos. O aumento da demanda por proteína animal estimula a expansão dos sistemas de produção com aumento da densidade animal. Sistemas de criação livres (orgânicos ou não) com baixa densidade e alto padrão tecnológi...
Gastrointestinal nematodes (GIN) can reduce or limit sheep production. Currently there is a clear deficiency in the action of drugs for the control of these parasites. Nematophagous fungi are natural enemies of GIN. Fungal combinations have potential for reducing GIN populations. The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficiency combinations of nematophagous fungi in sodium alginate matrix pellets for the bi...
Nematophagous fungi are natural enemies of gastrointestinal helminth parasites. Fungi Arthrobotrys robusta (I31), Arthrobotrys conoides (I40), Duddingtonia flagrans (AC001), and Monacrosporium thaumasium (NF34) were combined: AC001 + I31 and NF34 + I40 and tested for the biological control of parasitic gastrointestinal nematode of goats in two trials. In trial A, the objective was to evaluate the predation capa...
The predatory nematophagous fungi have been used as an alternative control of gastrointestinal nematodes of domestic animals in natural and laboratory conditions. However, it is unclear if the association of some of these species could bring some kind of advantage, from a biological standpoint. In this context, this study consisted of two tests in vitro: in assay A, the assessment of the viability of the associ...
Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior; Fungos nematófagos são controladores naturais de nematoides parasitos de plantas e animais. São amplamente usados no controle biológico de nematoides parasitos gastrintestinais (NPG) de ruminantes por reduzir formas de vida livre nas pastagens. O processo de captura de nematoides segue uma ordem de eventos que envolve atração, adesão, penetração e deg...
Gastrointestinal nematodes are considered one of the most important sanitary problems affecting ruminants globally; whether parasitizing alone or acting with other pathogens, they are responsible for severe economic losses related to animal husbandry. Endoparasites in small ruminants are usually controlled with anti-helminthic drugs. However, certain strains of endoparasites are resistant to such drugs. Supplem...
Three experimental assays with Duddingtonia flagrans (isolated AC001) were carried out. The growth of the genus Duddingtonia present in formulation of rice bran, its predatory capability on Oesophagostomum spp. infective larvae (L3) in petri dishes (assay 1), its action in faecal cultures with eggs of that parasite (assay 2) and isolate's capability of predation after passing through gastrointestinal tract of s...
Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior; The gastrointestinal nematodes caused mainly by the genus: Trichostrongylus spp., Cooperia spp., Oesophagostomum spp, Strongyloides spp and Haemonchus spp. are a deadlock to raise small ruminants (caprine and ovine). The control of these parasites has been done by anti-helminthic drugs, however there are many reports about the occurrence of resistance...