Efeito parasiticida da semente de jerimum (Cucurbita pepo L.) e albendazol em caprinos.

Abstract

Parasiticide effect of pumpkin seed (Cucurbita pepo L.) and albendazole in goats. Currently, gastrointestinal parasites have become a limiting factor for a greater development of goat breeding mainly in the Northeast of Brazil. The animals increasingly develop resistance to allopathic treatment making it less effective according to the frequency of its administration. Treatment with medicinal plants is considered a good alternative to control gastrointestinal parasites. The objective of this work was to analyze the parasiticidal effect of the herbal treatment through the jerimum seed, comparing with the antiparasitic action of the chemical treatment using Albendazole in goats. Fifteen animals, SPRD, parasitized, were tested through parasitological examination by the OPG count. The animals were divided into three groups each with five animals. In Group 1 the animals were treated with the jerimum seed, in Group 2 Albendazol was used to treat the animals, and Group 3 served as control. Both treatments showed positive anthelmintic efficacy. There was no statistical difference between the treatments used.