Portal de Periódicos da CAPES

Artigo Acesso aberto Produção Nacional Revisado por pares

BIBTEX RIS

Effect of alternate and simultaneous grazing on endoparasite infection in sheep and cattle

2013; Colégio Brasileiro de Parasitologia Veterinaria; Volume: 22; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1590/s1984-29612013000400007

1984-2961

Daiana Lima Brito, Bruno Stéfano Lima Dallago, Hélder Louvandini, V. R. V. dos Santos, Sônia Emília Figueirêdo de Araújo Torres, Edgard Franco Gomes, Alessandro Francisco Talamini do Amarante, Cristiano Barros de Melo, Concepta McManus,

Rabbits: Nutrition, Reproduction, Health

This experiment was carried out on 8 ha of Panicum maximum cv. Tanzania pastures, with rotational grazing consisting of 7 days of occupation and 21 days of rest. Four treatments were evaluated: cattle grazing alone (BOV), sheep grazing alone (OVI), cattle and sheep grazing simultaneously (SIM) and cattle grazing followed by sheep (alternate - ALT). Twenty heifers and 30 male Santa Inês lambs were used. Fecal egg count (FEC) and fecal cultures were carried out. Blood was also collected to examine red and white cell series, total plasma protein (TPP), albumin and hemoglobin. FEC and estimated nematode pathogenicity index in sheep were lower in the SIM treatment. The Haemonchus spp. proportion was higher in isolated grazing systems. For sheep, mixed grazing was shown to reduce endoparasite infection, and SIM was better than ALT. For cattle, no difference between grazing systems was seen. Therefore, simultaneous grazing (sheep and cattle) may be a tool for reducing the need for anthelmintic treatments in sheep.