Evaluación de las semillas de la Carica papaya como antiparasitario contra protozoarios y nematodos y su efecto en los parámetros productivos en Cavia porcellus en la etapa de engorde

Abstract

Currently, guinea pig meat production has grown in recent years, causing its demand both at an industrial and home level to increase, finding a common problem in the cuyicult centers with respect to the correct treatment of parasitic diseases, generating a poor knowledge of medical tools and their use cause the animal to develop parasitic resistance over time. It has been shown that the replacement of a commercial dewormer with a natural dewormer can become effective and avoid the well-known parasitic resistance, where one of these natural products are papaya seeds, which have an enzyme called papain, which has an effect on fighting these gastrointestinal parasites, having an additional contribution to the productive parameters of the guinea pig, since unlike the commercial product, the seeds have several nutritional contributions. Up to 3-4% of papain has been found in the seeds, which can combat several common parasites in the guinea pig such as protozoans (Eimeria Caviae) and nematodes (Paraspidodera Uncinata, Trichuris sp, Passarulus sp, Trichostrongylus colubriformes), due to its antiprotozoal and anthelmintic effect, it also has a basctericidal, fungicidal and hepatoprotective effect. In the following study, three different doses of papaya seeds were applied to a specific study group, having doses of 2 g, 7 g and 12 g, two groups were compared, one without any dewormer and the other with a commercial dewormer. This showed that papaya seed treatments can be highly effective in antiparasitic treatment, even better than a commercial dewormer