Knowledge of phytotherapy in parasite control by veterinarians in Campos dos Goytacazes, RJ

• Autor(a) principal: Branco, Stella Gioia
• Data de Publicação: 2022
• Outros Autores: Pereira, Marcelo Cordeiro
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista Científica da Faculdade de Medicina de Campos
• Texto Completo: https://revista.fmc.br/ojs/index.php/RCFMC/article/view/595
• topic: Ectoparasito; Endoparasito; Farmácia veteriná; Saúde única; Ectoparasite; Endoparasite; Single Health; Veterinary Pharmacy

The close contact between humans and animals and the self-medication of veterinary antiparasitic drugs increasethe risks of zoonoses and drug resistance generating great impacts on the single health. Phytotherapy is an option to solve this problem and the pharmacist can work together with the veterinarian in the development of research and herbal medicines specific for animals. The present study aimed to verify the knowledge of veterinary doctors in the city of Campos dos Goytacazes, RJ about phytotherapy inparasite control, as well as the credibility of the treatment.This study was carried out with 27 veterinarians working in the city through online questionnaires, during the month of July 2021. The data collected show that 81.4% of thestudied public is female and 74% works in the clinical area. All participants believe in the efficacy of herbal medicine, 85.2% claim to know about it, and the most used source to obtain this knowledge is the "internet" (66.7%). The most cited advantages and disadvantages of this type oftherapy were "natural treatment" (77.8%) and "lack of knowledge" (74.1%), respectively. When the knowledge of the participants was evaluated, in the following questions,only 17.2% of the participants reached a satisfactory level of knowledge on the topic. Phytotherapy knowledge inparasite control is insufficient in the study audience, and may have occurred due to the lack of research and specific subjects in the area.