Evaluation of anthelmintic activity of liquid waste of Agave sisalana (sisal) in goats

• Autor(a) principal: Domingues,Luciana Ferreira
• Data de Publicação: 2010
• Outros Autores: Botura,Mariana Borges, Cruz,Ana Carla Ferreira Guedes da, Yuki,Cristiane Carina, Silva,Gisele Dias da, Costa,Márcia Silva, Murphy,Gleeson, Moreira,Eduardo Luiz Trindade, Meneses,Íris Daniela Santos de, Almeida,Maria das Graças Ávila Ribeiro de, Branco,Alexsandro, Almeida,Maria Angela Ornelas de, Batatinha,Maria José Moreira
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária (Online)
• Texto Completo: http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1984-29612010000400018
• topic: Agave sisalana; anthelmintic; goats; nematodes; sisal

It was evaluated the anthelmintic activity of Agave sisalana (sisal) juice against gastrointestinal nematodes and its potential toxic effects in goats. In vitro tests showed more than 95% reduction in larval counts of the genus Haemonchus spp. at concentrations between 86.5 and 146.3 mg.mL-1. In vivo the percent reduction of larvae of the fourth (L4) and fifth (L5) stages of Haemonchus, Oesophagostomum and Trichostrongylus was less than 95% in groups GI and GII, and between 80 and 90% in group GIII. A. sisalana juice at the concentrations tested in vitro was effective against gastrointestinal nematodes in goats; however, its anthelmintic efficacy was reduced when administered to animals.