IBEM AND RUMINAÇÃO GROUP TOGETHER TO PROMOTE ORGANIC OVINOCULTURE

On January 18, the first meeting of the year took place to follow up activities on organic sheep farms in the state of Rio Grande do Sul. The meeting took place at the Veterinary Faculty of UFRGS at the Núcleo RuminAção and was attended by Professors Eneder Oberst, Raquel Raimondo and Beatriz Riet Correa and also Carlos Roberto Vieira da Cunha from Emater-RS and Angela Escosteguy from IBEM.

One of the biggest challenges is to control parasites without the use of synthesized chemicals. For this, a set of actions is necessary: ​​strengthening of the animals guaranteeing the well-being, quality feeding, selection of resistant animals and use of homeopathic medicines that promote the defenses of the animals. Bioactive and medicinal plants can be used to complement each other in more critical phases. In addition, actions are required in the environment such as rotation of pastures to reduce environmental contamination and also the multiplication of natural enemies must be promoted, which occurs naturally in properties that stop using pesticides and other biocidal inputs.