Manejo sanitário de bovinos no distrito rural Tapuio, Município de Barreirinhas, Maranhão

Abstract

Agricultural-related production systems are largely linked to a family structure, as a source of livelihood, income and job creation. The objective of this work was to analyze the health management conditions related to cattle breeding in the rural district Tapuio in the municipality of Barreirinhas-MA. Reporting the measures adopted by the producers in this region, as well as their main limitations and how they directly affect the health of the animals, and the predominant socioeconomic aspects involving the activity. For this, nine producers from the Tapuio village, in the municipality of Barreirinhas, were interviewed, using a pre- structured questionnaire. The results showed a production system with deficient structures and management conditions, where the fundamentals of subsistence productive arrangements prevail, devoid of any and all planning and technological resources with low education producers, prevalence of low-tech semi-extensive systems dedicated to exploitation of mixed livestock. In this sense, the general infrastructure conditions for cattle breeding in the rural district Tapuio, municipality Barreirinhas, directly influence the adoption of efficient sanitary management, with negative effects on the productive indexes of the herd, characterizing family subsistence activity