Gastrointestinal parasites of caprine and ovine animals commercialized in animals fair in the city of Tabira, Sertão of Pernambuco

Abstract

In Northeast the Brazil, many producers use the sale of live animals in free fair s 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 diseases. In this sense, the aim of this study was to characterize the occurrence of gastrointestinal parasitism in sheep and goats commercialized at the animals fair in Tabira, state of Pernambuco. Were collected feces and blood of 84 caprine and 92 sheep, between November 2014 and January 2015. The caprine had a frequency of 70,24% and theovine 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 presented higher average of EPG (6,804), a higher proportion of anemia (40,68%) and higher levels of heavy infection (11,87%) and fatal (20,34%) compared to ovines(1203; 20,86%; 9,72% e 15,28% , respectively).In coproculture, larvae of Haemonchu sp.are the most common, both in caprines (90,34%) and in ovines (91,87%). The caprines and ovines commercialized at the animals fair in Tabira, state of Pernambuco, are affected by large parasitic loads, suggesting greater care of the owners for the acquisition of animals in enclosures in order to avoid further losses.