Potencial anti-helmíntico da folha de bananeira (Misa sp) em caprinos (Capra hircus) naturalmente infectados do Semi-árido Paraibano.

Abstract

Nowadays there are many difficulties in livestock production by the indiscriminate use of anthelmintic medicines year after year. For this reason studies are conducted in an attempt to find less aggressive ways and equally effective in controlling gastrointestinal nematodes. The objective of this experiment was to evaluate the efficiency of banana leaves in caprine naturally infected. There were used 10 mixed mongrel caprine animals, female, with the presence of eggs confirmed by stool examination. They were divided into three groups: Group I was administered in the banana leaf; Group II used synthetic anthelmintic Levamisole and Group III was just control. The positive results were found only in animals treated with Levamisole, the banana in the proportion given proved to be ineffective in fighting gastrointestinal nematodes.