Evaluación del uso de ajenjo (Artemisia absinthium) y pepas de papaya (Carica papaya) en el tratamiento de parásitos gastrointestinales en cuyes (Cavia porcellus) en el Barrio la Delicia, parroquia de Panzaleo, Cantón Salcedo.

This present study was carried out to evaluate the Wormwood uses and Papaya seeds in the gastrointestinal parasites treatment in guinea pigs at La Delicia town, Panzaleo parish, which 60 2-month-old male guinea pigs were acquired and coprological analyses were carried out using the Sheather Sugar flotation technique, before the treatments administration, three days after the first dose was administered, and three days after the second dose was administered. The interval between the first and second doses was 15 days. Four treatments were applied: at T0, 0.4 ml of Fenbendazole was administered; at T1, 250 mg of papaya seeds in 2 ml of water; at T2, 250 mg of wormwood in 2 ml of water; and at T3, 125 mg of papaya seeds and 125 mg of wormwood in 2 ml of water, orally. Pre-experimentation, eggs of Trichuris spp (50.56%), Paraspipodera uncinata (38.63%) and Trichostrongylus colubriformis (10.79%) were identified. At the end of the experiment, a decrease in the parasite load was recorded in all treatments and statistical analysis showed that there were no significant differences between treatments, which led to the conclusion that the natural treatments have a similar antiparasitic effectiveness to Fenbendazole. Mentioning that for Trichuris spp, the treatments were 100% effective, being this parasite the most susceptible and Paraspipodera uncinata and T. colubriformis to a lesser extent, the most resistant. In cost-benefit terms, was determined that treatments based on wormwood and papaya seeds are more economical for small farmers compared to a commercially available drug such as Fenbendazole, and their use also reduces resistance to antiparasitics and results in a more innocuous product.

• Main Author: Paguay Paredes, Pamela Lizeth (author)
• Format: bachelorThesis
• Language: spa
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: PARÁSITOS; GASTROINTESTINALES; AJENJO; VETERINARIA
• Online Access: http://repositorio.utc.edu.ec/handle/27000/9639