Utilización de Agua de Chocho, Guarango, Alcachofa y Marco, como Desparasitantes Naturales, para el Control de Piojos en Cuyes en la Granja Agroturistica Totorillas.

Abstract

At Agrotourist Farm “Totorillas” in Guamote Canton, Chimborazo Province, it was carried out the evaluation of watertarwi, guarango, artichoke and sagebrush, as natural disinfesting for controlling lice on guinea pigs, with three replications each one, distributed under Completely Randomized Design, the experimental units were fiveguinea pigs. The best results corresponded to tarwi water due to when passed 120 days it was registered a final weight of 1,13 Kg, total weight gain of 0,83, and alimentary conversion of 5,44, as well as weight to the gutter of 1,03 Kg and a yield to the gutter of 90,89%. The usage of tarwi water improves the productive parameters, decrease production costs and so inceases the economical yield of guinea pig operation. The presence of living lice on guinea pigs after 30 minutes of applying the tarwi water decrease, since encountering 9,67 living lice after 21 days, after 42 days it lowers to 5.67 lice and after 63 days only 2 units. The best cost benefit (1,33) was registered with tarwi water; it means that by each invested dollar a profit of 33 cents. So it is recommended the use of tarwi water, because moreover to protect the environment by being free of polluting agents, productive parameters are benefited during the growing-fattening stage.