Abstract

Contribution of knowledge transference to health management in goat production farms. Pastos y Forrajes [online]. 2017, vol.40, n.3, pp.216-221. ISSN 0864-0394.

The objective of the study was to evaluate the contribution of knowledge transference to the better health management of four goat production farms belonging to individual farmers of the Ciego de Ávila province, under Cuban conditions of sustainable production, during three years. The research was supported on a system approach (identification of the factors that limit production, socioeconomic aspects, infrastructure, technological capacities and human potential). The bioproductive indicators weight of the kids at birth, average delivery live weight, and mortality, were evaluated. At the end of the period an improvement of all the indicators (antiparasitic treatment, use of natural medicine, waste treatment and disease prevention) was achieved, and significant difference was observed in the comparison between the initial and the final diagnosis. As the most significant aspects it was achieved that the farmers used the Famacha card as strategy of selective treatments, which implemented the rotation of the available antiparasitic drugs and that they applied natural medicine variants to treat the animals. The multifactorial intervention of a group of extension workers allowed a favorable result regarding the transference of knowledge about the health management of goat production farms in Ciego de Ávila, with the subsequent improvement of the bioproductive indicators.

Keywords : goats; mortality; weight at birth; technology transference.

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