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.
A recent study by the RuminAção group warns that the problem of anthelmintic resistance to all tested active ingredients is increasing and has been proven in several herds evaluated in RS. For this reason, it is extremely urgent to raise the awareness of sheep farmers and technicians working in the area to use control alternatives with integrated management practices to minimize the exposure of the animals to infective larvae and to reduce the use of drugs.
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