MONITORING OF THE INTESTINAL TRACT PARASITE LOAD AND OF THE SANITARY MANGEMENT AT A PACA BREEDING FARM

Authors

  • Vânia Maria França Ribeiro Universidade Federal do Acre
  • Soraia Figueiredo de Souza Universidade Federal do Acre
  • Nayara Moreira Pinto de Mesquita Universidade Federal do Acre
  • Augusto Luiz Faino Alves Universidade Federal do Acre
  • Francisco Glauco de Araújo Santos Universidade Federal do Acre

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/cab.v16i4.32406

Keywords:

Wild animal, Parasithology

Abstract

Paca (Cuniculus paca Linnaeus, 1766) rearing has shown development in all Latin America countries.Fresh feces samples were collected from the soil and analyzed by Willis Mollay and Hoffmann’stechniques, aiming at accompanying the sanitary management, determining the prevalence ofgastrointestinal parasites, and their respective load, of pacas raised in captivity, and evaluating parasitecontrol strategies, between the months of November/2012 and June/2013. A McMaster’s camerawas used for quantification. The reading was accomplished by optical microscopy with 25x and 40xlenses, which revealed 21,433 eggs per gram of feces (EPG), with an average of 2,679,12 (± 41.0)Strongyloides spp., and 3,325 EPG, with average of 415.6 (± 57.0) Trychuris spp. Besides, 482,101oocytes per gram of feces (OPG) were found, with an average of 60,263 (± 15.93) Eimeria spp., and51 larvae of Strongyloides spp., with an average of 6.3 (± 6.86) larvae. Two eggs of Hymenolepisdiminuta were identified in only one stall. An anthelminthic (albendazole 10%) and trimethopim associated with sulfadiazine were used to treat the disease. We concluded the great index of parasiticinfestation presented by the animals, in spite of the anthelminthic treatments, can be associated withthe rainfall rates observed, the physical conditions of the instalations, as well as the adequate cleaningand sanitization of the facilities.

Keyword: Nematodes; paca; wild animal.

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Author Biographies

Vânia Maria França Ribeiro, Universidade Federal do Acre

Médica Veterinária do Centro de Ciências Biológicas e da Natureza, da Universidade Federal do Acre. Doutorado em Biotecnologia com área de atuação em Reprodução animal e criação e conservação de animais silvestres

Soraia Figueiredo de Souza, Universidade Federal do Acre

Graduaçao em Medicina Veterinária, Profa. Dra., Adjunto II, do Centro de Ciências Biológicas e da Natureza, da Universidade Federal do Acre

Nayara Moreira Pinto de Mesquita, Universidade Federal do Acre

Acadêmica do Curso de Medicina Veterinária, da Universidade Federal do Acre

Augusto Luiz Faino Alves, Universidade Federal do Acre

Acadêmico do Curso de Medicina Veterinária

Francisco Glauco de Araújo Santos, Universidade Federal do Acre

Graduação em Medicina Veterinária, prof. Associado III, Centro de Ciências Biológicas e da Natureza, da Universidade Federal do Acre

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Published

2015-10-30

How to Cite

FRANÇA RIBEIRO, V. M.; DE SOUZA, S. F.; PINTO DE MESQUITA, N. M.; FAINO ALVES, A. L.; DE ARAÚJO SANTOS, F. G. MONITORING OF THE INTESTINAL TRACT PARASITE LOAD AND OF THE SANITARY MANGEMENT AT A PACA BREEDING FARM. Brazilian Animal Science/ Ciência Animal Brasileira, Goiânia, v. 16, n. 4, p. 608–614, 2015. DOI: 10.1590/cab.v16i4.32406. Disponível em: https://revistas.ufg.br/vet/article/view/32406. Acesso em: 17 jul. 2024.

Issue

Vol. 16 No. 4 (2015)

Section

Veterinary Medicine

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