Empleo de esporas de Mucor circinelloides como aditivo alimentario para evitar la infección de suidos por Ascaris suum
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J.A Hernandez [1] ; F.J. Cotiñas [1] ; F.L. Arroyo [1] ; I. Francisco [1] ; S. Miguelez [1] ; J.L. Suárez ; A. Romasanta [1] ; A. Paz Silva [1] ; R. Sanchez Andrade [1] ; M.S. Arias [1]
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[1] Universidade de Santiago de Compostela
Universidade de Santiago de Compostela
Santiago de Compostela, España
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- Localización: XVI Jornadas sobre Producción Animal: 19 y 20 de mayo de 2015, Zaragoza / Javier Álvarez Rodríguez (aut.), Begoña Panea Doblado (aut.), Jorge Hugo Calvo Lacosta (aut.), Mireia Blanco Alibés (aut.), José Alfonso Abecia Martínez (aut.), Daniel Villalba Mata (aut.), María Ángeles Latorre Górriz (aut.), Vol. 1, 2015, ISBN 978-84-606-7969-1, págs. 188-189
- Idioma: español
- Títulos paralelos:
- Using spores of Mucor circinelloides as a feeding additive to prevent swine infection by Ascaris suum
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Resumen
Ascaris suum is an intestinal roundworm passing eggs by faeces, which become infective during a period of 2-8 weeks in the soil mainly. With the objective to prevent infection in pigs, the effect of adding spores of an ovicidal fungus (Mucor circinelloides) to on-farm feedstuff manufactured has been tested. Two groups of 8 piglets each were utilized in the current study, one receiving feedstuff with spores (G-M) and the other without them (G-C). Faeces of piglets were collected and placed into polypropylenecages for 30 days. Afterwards, the viability of A. suum-eggs in the G-C reduced by 10%, while in the piglets feeding spores a percentage of reduction of 60% was observed. It is concluded that addition of Mucor spores to the feedstuff provides a very useful tool for destroying the eggs of this parasite in the faeces of infected pigs. In this way, infection of other pigs can be prevented.
