Toxic plants of livestock interest in municipalities of the microregion of Alto Médio Gurguéia - Piauí

Authors

  • Caike Pinho de Sousa Universidade Federal do Piauí - UFPI
  • Wenderson Rodrigues de Amorim Universidade Federal do Piauí - UFPI
  • Gabriel do Nascimento Martins Universidade Federal do Piauí - UFPI
  • Alan Rodrigo Sousa Soares Santos Universidade Federal do Piauí - UFPI
  • Isael de Sousa Sá Universidade Federal do Piauí - UFPI
  • Julia Morgana Vieira Dada Universidade Federal do Piauí - UFPI
  • Sávio Matheus Reis de Carvalho Universidade Federal do Piauí - UFPI
  • Mayara Jane Martins Alves Universidade Federal do Piauí - UFPI
  • Italo Carlos Rodrigues da Silva Universidade Federal do Piauí - UFPI
  • Jackson Brendo Gomes Dantas Universidade Federal do Piauí - UFPI
  • Joyce Veras de Almeida Universidade Federal do Piauí - UFPI
  • Raizza Eveline Escórcio Pinheiro Universidade Federal do Piauí - UFPI
  • Jamylla Mirck Guerra de Oliveira Universidade Federal do Piauí - UFPI

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31533/pubvet.v13n12a479.1-10

Keywords:

Intoxication, animal production, South Piauí

Abstract

This study aimed to conduct a survey of the main toxic plants of livestock interest in municipalities of the microregion of the Alto Médio Gurguéia, state of Piauí, Brazil. Visits were made to farms, to assistance agencies to rural producers (Agência de Defesa Agropecuária do Piauí - ADAPI and Instituto de Assistência Técnica e Extensão Rural do Piauí - EMATER) and Educational Institutions (Campus Professora Cinobelina Elvas – CPCE and Colégio Técnico de Bom Jesus – CTBJ, both linked to Universidade Federal do Piauí – UFPI) during the months of May and June 2017. Forms adapted for conducting the interviews were used. The total number of interviewees was 60 people, who resided or provided technical assistance in the region. The sample comprised nine municipalities in the microregion of the Alto Médio Gurguéia. All the plants listed in the form were cited at least once by the interviewees; however, the most mentioned ones were prioritized. Plants like Manihot spp. 78,3%, S. coriaceum 55%, Brachiaria spp. 43,3%, E. contortisiliquum 41,7%, M. pseudoglaziovii 25%, D. mollis Benth 14,3%, M. indica 7,1% e D. ecastophyllum 7,1% were presented as toxic in the region. Similar results were found in municipalities belonging to the micro region of the Cariri, state of Ceará. It can be concluded that plants with toxic potential in the microregion of the Alto Médio Gurguéia is the plant Manihot spp. 78,3%, followed by the plants S. coriaceum 55%, Brachiaria spp. 43,3%, E. contortisiliquum 41,7%, M. pseudoglaziovii 25%, D. mollis Benth 14,3%, M. indica 7,1% and also the plant called D. ecastophyllum 7,1%

Published

2020-01-28

Issue

Section

Medicina veterinária

How to Cite

Toxic plants of livestock interest in municipalities of the microregion of Alto Médio Gurguéia - Piauí. (2020). Pubvet, 13(12). https://doi.org/10.31533/pubvet.v13n12a479.1-10

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