LIMEIRA, C. H.; http://lattes.cnpq.br/8279520565328523; LIMEIRA, Clécio Henrique.
Abstract:
Due to the characteristics of small ruminant production in the Brazilian Northeast, many
producers use the sale of live animals in free fairs as the main way of market of their animals.
Although they contribute to the economic and social development, these fairs become
facilitators in the process of transmission and spread of parasitic and infectious diseases,
through the large influx of animals, people and contaminated fomites. In this sense, the aim of
this study was to verify the occurrence of gastrointestinal parasitism and to characterize the
movement of caprine and ovine commercialized at the animals fair in Tabira, Sertão of
Pernambuco. However, samples were collected from feces and blood of 84 caprine and 92
ovine commercialized between the months of November 2014 and January 2015. The caprine
had a frequency of 70,24% and the ovine 78,26% of positive animals in the egg count per
gram of feces (EPG). The female caprines (75,44%) and the male ovines (82,93%) adults
were most affected. The caprine had higher average of EPG (6,804), a higher proportion of
anemia (40,68%) and higher levels of heavy infection (11,87%) and fatal (20,35) compared to
ovines. By analyzing the origin of the animals, it was observed that those from other states
demonstrated to be most affected. In coproculture, it was observed that larvae of Haemonchus
sp. are the most common, both in caprines (90,34%) and in ovines (91,87%). As to the
movement, during the year 2014, the fair received 76,426 caprines and ovines from three
states, Pernambuco (56,67%), Bahia (37,78%) and Paraíba (5,46%). Regarding the output, the
animals had the states of Pernambuco (78,10%) and Paraíba (20,20%) as the main
destinations. The months with higher and lower movement of caprines and ovines at the fair
were April (7,608 animals) and October (5,123 animals), respectively. The Animal Transit
Guides - GTA - with the purposes fattening and slaughter represented 98,88% of the total
issued output guides. The animal fair of Tabira/Pernambuco represents a potential risk place
for the spread of parasitic and infectious diseases of caprines and ovines, requiring an efficient
monitoring on animals that enter and leave the room in order to prevent the transmission and
spread diseases.