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Sustainable agriculture: the use of FAMACHA method in Santa Ines sheep in the S...
Vilela, Vinícius Longo Ribeiro; Bezerra, Hermano Manoel Francisco Figueiredo; Bezerra, Roberto Alves; Dantas, Maysa Oliveira; Alcântara, Émerson TimóteoSheep farming is of great importance in generating income to smallholders in semi-arid areas worldwide. Gastrointestinal helminths cause important damage to the animals with poor welfare conditions, impacting in local economies. The objective of this work was to evaluate the FAMACHA method (FMC) in a herd of 60 Santa Inês from Paraíba, Brazil, and to compare the data from previous production years. In order to ...
Use of Duddingtonia flagrans in the control of gastrointestinal nematodes of fe...
Vilela, Vinícius Longo Ribeiro; Feitosa, Thais Ferreira; Braga, Fabio Ribeiro; Santos, Antonielson dos; Bezerra, Roberto AlvesThis study aimed to evaluate the use of a sodium alginate matrix-pelletized formulation of Duddingtonia flagrans for biological control of gastrointestinal nematodiasis in feedlot goats in the semiarid region of Northeastern Brazil. We used 20 Saanen female goats (age, 4 months; average weight, 12 kg) that did not receive anthelmintic treatment and had counting of eggs per gram of faeces (EPGs) ? 500. The anima...