Parasites control on dairy farming at São Paulo state / Controle de parasitas em propriedades leiteiras do estado de São Paulo
José Veríssimo, Cecília; Vasques, Flavia; Tadeu Paulino, Valdinei; Maria Roncato Duarte, Keila.
B. Indústr. Anim.;
71: 60-60, 2014.
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em Inglês
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Resumo
The dairy cattle farming have a great importance on the economy and social aspects of São Paulo State. The parasites can reduce milk productivity, specially the cattle tick, Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus. This work consisted on a survey on 40 dairy farms located in the Northeast region of São Paulo State. The principal objective of the quiz was to know how producers do the cattle tick control and about others parasites. 45% responded that the cattle tick is a problem in their properties and 65% were satisfied with the tick control, but only 17.5% know the biological cicle of this tick. The percentage of 29.5 was associated the hematologic diseases (anaplasmosis and babesiosis) with damages caused by the cattle tick, as well as 21.5% associated with the presence of screwworm (Cochliomiya hominivorax). The other responces about damages associated with the cattle tick were: weight loss (19.5%), milk loss (15.5%), mortality (12%) and transmission of others diseases (2%). The summer was the great response (88%) about the period of major tick incidence. The percentage of 87.5 of the surveyed applied acaricide with high frequency (7 to 30 days), but 50% apply selectively to the most infested cattle. The dairy workers (55%) and the owners (45%) apply the acaricide, always when they see tick infestation (92.5%) and the application is on all the animals body (87.5%) instead of parO artigo não possui resumo em português.
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BR68.1
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