Farmers' Views and Tools Compared with Laboratory Evaluations of Parasites of Meat Goats in French West Indies.

ABSTRACT: Gastrointestinal nematodes (GINs) are a major health problem in tropical goat husbandry. The control of GIN has been nearly exclusively reliant on the use of anthelmintic treatments. Their wide use has provoked the appearance and diffusion of anthelmintic resistance. Therefore, there is a need to use anthelmintics only when they are really needed. This strategy of targeted selective treatment (TST) has been recommended. The selection of animals to be treated has been based either on the objective measures of GIN intensity (fecal nematode egg counts) performed in the laboratory or on indirect assessment such as anemia (FAMACHA©), diarrhea score or weight gains, particularly in sheep. The roughness of hair has also been proposed in goats. These indicators can be handled by the farmer. Their

SUBMITTER: Cabaret J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9913335 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature