Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária ()

Crop residues activity against the free-living stages of small ruminant nematodes

  • Hévila Oliveira Salles,
  • Ana Carolina Linhares Braga,
  • Danisvânia Ripardo Nascimento,
  • Mayara Stephanny Melo Prado,
  • Henrique Antunes de Souza,
  • Eduardo Luiz de Oliveira,
  • Luiz da Silva Vieira,
  • Antônio Cézar Rocha Cavalcante,
  • Adriano Rodrigues Lima,
  • Cláudio Santos Teles Neto,
  • Ana Márjory Paiva Sousa,
  • Regislane Pinto Ribeiro,
  • Roberto Cláudio Fernandes Franco Pompeu

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1590/s1984-29612019024

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Abstract The nematicidal effect of different organic materials was evaluated in order to develop a non-chemical alternative soil treatment for control of the free-living stages of small ruminant gastrointestinal nematodes. The selected organic materials were residues from the juice industry of acerola, cashew, grape, guava, papaya and pineapple, as well as castor residue from the biodiesel industry. LC90 results showed that pineapple residue was the most efficient inhibitor of larval development, followed by castor, grape, cashew, acerola, guava and papaya. Castor residue was also a good source of nitrogen and was used in a greenhouse experiment to prevent larval development in contaminated goat faeces that was deposited in pots containing the grasses Brachiaria brizantha (var. Paiaguás) or Megathyrsus maximus x M. infestum (var. Massai). Castor residue caused a significant (P 0.05), with an increase in the biomass production of Massai (251.43%, P 0.05) grasses. This strategy, called Econemat®, with good results in vitro shows to be promising on pasture increasing phytomass production.

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