da Rocha Christiane Maria Barcellos Magalhães, Leite Romário Cerqueira, Bruhn Fábio Raphael Pascoti, Guimarães Antônio Marcos, Furlong John
Laboratório de Epidemiologia, Departamento de Medicina Veterinária, Universidade Federal de Lavras, Lavras, MG, Brazil.
Rev Bras Parasitol Vet. 2011 Oct-Dec;20(4):295-302. doi: 10.1590/s1984-29612011000400007.
Semi-systematized interviews were conducted with 100 dairy cattle producers in the municipality of Divinópolis, Minas Gerais, with the aim of ascertaining their perceptions regarding the importance of Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus and of combating it. Content analysis was performed and the frequency distribution of each of the variables was used to construct profiles of the producers interviewed. The production losses caused by ticks were perceived incompletely by the producers, who were unaware of the pathogen transmission caused by the parasite and the indirect losses through combating it, such as the cost of acaricide and labor. The combat operations were performed in a traditional manner, with an excessive number of inefficient treatments that aimed to control the level of infestation at that moment. The quality of the acaricide dipping/spraying applied was affected by the quality of the equipment used to apply the products, lack of knowledge of the mode of action of these products, lack of the specific information needed and lack of motivation caused by unawareness of the disadvantages of chemical combat. It was concluded that the lack of knowledge about combat methods and the acceptance of endemicity of the parasitosis were impediments to changing the realities encountered.
在米纳斯吉拉斯州迪维诺波利斯市，对100名奶牛养殖户进行了半系统化访谈，目的是了解他们对微小牛蜱（Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus）及其防治重要性的看法。进行了内容分析，并使用每个变量的频率分布来构建受访养殖户的概况。养殖户并未完全认识到蜱虫造成的生产损失，他们没有意识到寄生虫传播病原体以及防治蜱虫带来的间接损失，如杀螨剂成本和劳动力成本。防治工作以传统方式进行，进行了过多低效的处理，旨在控制当时的感染水平。所用杀螨剂浸浴/喷雾的质量受到产品施用设备质量、对这些产品作用方式缺乏了解、缺乏所需具体信息以及因未意识到化学防治弊端而导致的积极性不足的影响。得出的结论是，缺乏防治方法的知识以及对寄生虫病地方性流行的接受是改变所面临现状的障碍。
