Enfermidades de caprinos e ovinos no Semiárido Paraibano e avaliação de protocolos de controle da linfadenite caseosa.

Abstract

This study had as objective identifies the illnesses diagnosed in goats and sheeps in the Veterinary Hospital of the Federal University of Campina Grande and to suggest control measures adapted to the area. The study embraced the years from 2004 to 2010 being registered 540 attendances in goats and 427 in sheeps. After analysis of the results we observed that the gastrointestinal parasites, the infections neonatais and puerperais, the afecções prune, the linfadenite caseosa and the lacking and metabolic diseases were the most frequent problems. There was reduction in the occurrence of illnesses as the obstructive urolitíase and I increase in the occurrence of mycotic rhinitis in sheeps. The larger neoplasms prevalence was observed in the goats. The results are similar to those found in studies conducted for more than twenty years in Brazil demonstrating that there is resistance from farmers regarding adoption of control measures already determined for many diseases. The difficulty in demonstrating systematic results from the adoption of these technologies, among other things, is one of the barriers to controlling diseases in the region. The measures to be instituted to reduce diseases would: encourage the practice of fodder storage, adequate stocking of pastures, implementation of integrated control of parasites and appropriate management of neonates. The accomplishment of vaccinations against the rage, the botulism, the enterotoxemia and the caseous lymphadenitis should be considered after evaluation of the use need.