Goat parasites control using watery extract of Neem seeds (Azadirachta indica A Juss)

• Eva del V. Salazar ^[2] ; Fidel Pariacote ^[1]
  1. [1] Universidad Nacional Experimental Francisco de Miranda

     Universidad Nacional Experimental Francisco de Miranda

     Venezuela

     
  2. [2] INIA, Falcon, Venezuela
• Localización: Archivos Latinoamericanos de Producción Animal, ISSN 1022-1301, ISSN-e 1022-1301, Vol. 12, Nº. 4, 2004 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Supl. 1. II Simposio Iberoamericano sobre Recursos Genéticos)
• Idioma: inglés
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  • The therapeutic effectiveness of the Watery Extract of Nim Seeds (WENS) against goat endo parasites was evaluated in two typical extensive commercial herds of the semi arid environment of Falcon state, Venezuela. The average of annual rainfall and temperature for the area is about 600 mm and 26 °C’s, respectively. In each herd , two groups of 13 randomly selected does were classified as Control (T0) and Treated (TI). The WENS was prepared by adding 750 g of Neem seed flour into 1000 ml of water, letting the solution rest in a refrigerator until the next day. The WENS was administered by via oral in a dose of one ml/kg of body weight, chronologically at the days’ 1, 21 and 30 of trial. A coprological test was done in both T0 and TI six days after the administration of the product. Records of the parasitical load transformed to Log10 (PL) and the prevalence (P) of Strongylidos and of Coccidia sp were classified by herd (H); age group (A): x < 3, 3 ≤ x, and x < 4; treatments (T); and sampling day (D): 0, 6, 27, 37, 71, and 101. The Proc GLM of SAS was used and the model included Hi for i = 1, 2; Aj for j = 1,. . ., 3; and TDk for k = 1,. . ., 11, the combination T0D101 was missed. Differences statistically significant (P0.05) for any of the variables of Coccidia. Results are indicative that the WENS should be considered by commercial goat producers as an alternative to control some endo parasites.