Effectiveness of anti-helminthic in sheep created in the amazon region
International Journal of Development Research
Effectiveness of anti-helminthic in sheep created in the amazon region
Received 14th October, 2020; Received in revised form 11th November, 2020; Accepted 06th December, 2020; Published online 30th January, 2021
Copyright © 2021, Alan A. Mesquita et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
The aim of this paper was to evaluate the efficiency of anthelmintics about the reduction of gastrointestinal nematodes of the sheep raised in amazon region in different times of the year. The experiment was developed At the Federal Institute of Rondônia, Colorado do Oeste Campus, using 40 sheep and performed effectiveness tests and evaluation of the effectiveness of the anthelmintics monepantel, ivermectin, levamisole, and albendazole. For each treatment, it was used 15 animals. From these, it was collected feces to do the eggs counting by feces grams before the anthelmintics injection, and 14 days after application. After that, It was performed the percentage of the effectiveness and evaluation of the effectiveness and efficiency of the anthelmintics used, being done all procedures in two different seasons of the year, characterizing the rainy season (September to April) and dry season (May to August). The results showed that the monepantel (p<0,01) anthelmintic was the most effective and efficient treatment in the gastrointestinal nematodes controlling, it did not matter the season of the year and the albendazole anthelmintic was the worst effectiveness, being considered non-efficient its use in the amazon region.
