USE OF NEEM OIL (AZADIRACHTA INDICA A. JUSS) AS AGRO-ECOLOGICAL ALTERNATIVE IN THE CONTROL OF SUBCLINICAL MASTITIS IN CATTLE IN THE MUNICIPALITY ACOSTA, ESTADO FALCÓN

Autor: Irama Graterol Coronado, Ana Leonor Puertas Arias, Eustacia Martínez Leal, Milangela Morillo Muñoz, Nidia Arias Nuviola, Ileana Miranda Cabrera
Jazyk: Spanish; Castilian
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: Revista Arbitrada Interdisciplinaria Koinonía, Vol 2, Iss 4, Pp 180-193 (2018)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2542-3088
Popis: The research was carried out in the production unit Tacarigua, located in El Mene de San Lorenzo, Acosta municipality, Falcón State. The experimental design was completely randomized, with four treatments and four replications. The treatments were: neem oil 5%, neem oil 10%, neem oil 15% and control, Iodine solution. For analyzing the differences on the prevalence of subclinical mastitis, a proportion comparison test was conducted using the program SAS (2001). There were no significant differences among the neem oil treatments with the control treatment, demonstrating the potentiality of neem oil for the control of subclinical mastitis. as a substitute of chemical agents, aggressive to human health and the environment; which are tradicionally used as post milking disinfectants
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