Occurrence of gastrointestinal parasites in dairy cattle and their calves during the nursing period, at Fazenda São Paulinho, Municipality of Itapicuru / BA

Authors

  • Paulo Cezar Santos Dantas
  • Danieli dos Santos Lima
  • Fernanda de Jesus Oliveira
  • Taíssa Alice Soledade Calasans
  • Allyne Gomes Porto
  • Camila Dantas de Carvalho
  • Veronica de Lourdes Sierpe Jeraldo
  • Silmara Marques Allegretti
  • Cláudia Moura de Melo

Keywords:

cattle, parasites and period of lactation.

Abstract

The cattle is one of the highlights of Brazilian agribusiness on the world stage. The aim of this study was to measure the weight and identify parasites in cows and calves during the nursing period correlating the weight for them, besides making the identification of species of Eimeria spp. of the studied samples. Fecal analyzes were processed by sedimentation and flotation in saturated saline solution for quantification of eggs and oocysts per gram of feces. The results showed presence of Moniezia expansa, prevalence of 66% and 33% of the animals infected with helminths and coccidia, respectively. Calves animals showed highest occurrence for 46,6% concomitant infections.

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Published

2015-04-01

How to Cite

Dantas, P. C. S., Lima, D. dos S., Oliveira, F. de J., Calasans, T. A. S., Porto, A. G., de Carvalho, C. D., Jeraldo, V. de L. S., Allegretti, S. M., & de Melo, C. M. (2015). Occurrence of gastrointestinal parasites in dairy cattle and their calves during the nursing period, at Fazenda São Paulinho, Municipality of Itapicuru / BA. Scientia Plena, 11(4). Retrieved from https://www.scientiaplena.org.br/sp/article/view/2491

Issue

Vol. 11 No. 4 (2015): April/Abril 2015

Section

III Simpósio Sergipano de Buiatria

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