Uso de plantas medicinais para tratamento de parasitoses em animais: revisão integrativa

Abstract

The use of plants to treat diseases is an ancient practice that has continued to this day. This was influenced by the observation of the attitudes of animals that ingested plants to cure their illnesses, such as, for example, the control of parasites. The search for medicinal plants and herbal medicines to treat animals has grown, especially in the livestock sector that raise animals using their derivatives economically so they need them to be healthy. In addition, incorrect administration means that many species are sensitive to synthetic drugs. Another factor would be the proximity of humans to animals, especially pets, which can facilitate the transmission of zoonoses. This work aimed to integrate the various information about plants to treat animals infected by endo- and ectoparasites published by the year 2022. The descriptors parasites/parasites, animals, treatment, plants, medicinal plants and diseases were used, in Portuguese and English. in Google Scholar, Scielo and PubMed search engines. 110 species of medicinal plants belonging to 51 families were identified, which have been used to combat 32 species of parasites that infect pets, production and wild animals. Two plant families stood out in this work: Fabaceae with 12 species and Asteraceae with 10 species. There was also great interest in describing treatments for production animals, mainly sheep and goats, as this is an area that has been growing with high-scale production, thus requiring more effective treatments. It is possible to identify the scarcity of works in relation to wild animals, having found only 7 articles that dealt with primates and reptiles.