Helminths are infections caused by gastrointestinal nematodes, which settle in the digestive tract of two animals and cause inappetence, anemia, low growth, diarrhea, productive perch and consequently perch of high economic value. Attributed to this, this work was carried out with the objective of evaluating the perception of two rural producers regarding the problem of infection of cattle by gastrointestinal nematodes through questionnaires. The questionnaire was carried out remotely and applied via the Google Forms platform, being disseminated to livestock farmers, producers and collaborators in the Imperatrizense region. It was verified that 63.60% of the two interviewees had complete upper soil, 84.6% of the properties correspond to cut-off grades, 55.8% of the two owners use vermifuge twice a year, 46.2% two anthelmintics They are selected by veterinarians, 40% of the drugs consist of Ivermectin, 61.5% do not perform alternate grazing between ruminants and in 92.3% of the properties pasture rotation is performed, with extensive or more predominant management.

As helmintoses são infecções causadas por nematódeos gastrointestinais, que trazem prejuízos econômicos em graus variáveis e são apresentadas como um conjunto de parasitoses causada por diferentes gêneros de parasitos que habitam o trato digestivo de animais, incluindo os ruminantes. Os mais importantes nematódeos de ruminantes descritos na literatura, pertencem à Superfamílias Strongyloidea e Rhabdiasoidea, família Trichostrongylidae, gêneros Cooperia spp, Haemonchus spp, Trichostrongylus spp e Ostertagia spp. Este trabalho tem por objetivo realizar um levantamento de trabalhos monográficos, dissertações e artigos periódicos sobre as helmintoses em ruminantes no estado do Maranhão, realizados nos últimos 20 anos.

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