INFLUENCE OF DIFFERENT SYSTEMS OF FEEDING IN THE APPEARANCE OF CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS IN GOAT KIDS

This study evaluated how different systems of feeding may influence th e appearance, maintenance, or both of cryptosporidial infection. Anima ls reared with natural lactation. a traditional artificial feeding sys tem, and a variety of the latter were studied for oocysts in feces. Th e diagnosis was made by examination of fecal smears stained with auram ine-O. Morbidity and mortality were high, particularly in farms with b ad hygienic conditions and natural feeding systems. The traditional ar tificial feeding system is not enough to reduce the presence of parasi tes. Isolation of newborns at birth and colostrum administration with a feeding bottle, obtained in the most aseptic conditions possible, se ems to be an effective prophylactic method for cryptosporidiosis contr ol.