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- Title
Caracterização dos sistemas de criação de caprinos e ovinos da Ilha de São Luís no estado do Maranhão, Brasil.
- Authors
Monteiro Brandão, Raissa; Porto Candeira, Rildon; Brito de Moraes, Raymara Stfany; dos Santos Ferreira, Danielle; Chaves Dias, Helder Luís; Pinto Chaves Bezerra, Nancyleni; Gomes dos Santos, Ana Clara
- Abstract
The objective of this research was to describe the profile of the goat and sheep rearing systems on the Island of São Luís in the state of Maranhão. For this, a descriptive, exploratory and qualitative-quantitative study was carried out with 80 rural producers selected by the Snowball technique, from February to April 2021. Regarding the profile of the rural producer, there was a predominance of males (93.8%), aging between 25 and 60 years (86.2%). Most producers had completed high school (23.8%) or higher education (23.8%) and 88.8% were not members of collective organizations, associations, cooperatives or unions. In rural properties, the predominant rearing system was semi-extensive (73.8%) with the presence of sheepfolds (76.2%) and mutual goats and sheep farming (58.8%). The main cause of death of animals was warm infections (58.8%). In conclusion, it is necessary to establish measures to support sheep and goat farming on the Island of São Luís through public policies focused on local producers, which require, above all, technical assistance, zootechnical guidelines, health education and access to credit in order to the farms stop being just a subsistence activity and start generating higher incomes for producing families.
- Subjects
SAO Luis do Maranhao (Brazil); MARANHAO (Brazil); SHEEP ranches; GOAT farming; ANIMAL mortality; GOVERNMENT policy; INCOME; SHEEP farming; SUBSISTENCE farming
- Publication
Brazilian Journal of Veterinary Science / Revista Brasileira de Ciência Veterinária, 2022, Vol 29, Issue 2, p88
- ISSN
1413-0130
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.4322/rbcv.2022.017