Economic and sanitary risks for rondonian livestock: responsible use of veterinary medicines

Abstract

Beef is among the main products of agribusiness, mainly due to the increase in demand and the opening of world trade. Meat consumption on all continents shows a strong Brazil and an eye on economic growth. However, sanity stands out as one of the major obstacles, however necessary, since the purchasing countries demand a serious process of traceability, in addition to the requirement of the quality of the purchased product. Brazilian cattle breeding is characterized in its breeding system by several environmental factors, in which animals are predisposed to endo infections and ectoparasites that affect weight gain, feed conversion, reproductive performance, carcass quality, immune system and, in some cases , death of the animal. In view of this and the growing search for increased productivity, often involves the use of substances used as active ingredients used in veterinary products in the treatment of animals intended for consumption, such as the presence of chemicals that can leave residues in the carcass at the time of slaughter. Thus, the present work aims to draw the attention of the production sector in Rondonia to the demand for the availability of safe food, in view of the prosperous export of beef, showing the risks of the empirical use of veterinary drugs and antibiotics in the control of the main parasites. cattle, which may, in theory, restrict beef exports. The methodology used was exploratory and descriptive, in which the data were supported by a literature review on government websites, still with a quali-quanti and comparative approach. Finally, discursive textual analysis and descriptive statistics were used for organizing and interpreting the data. The cattle production chain in Rondônia is formed by a herd of 14,804,398 heads. In 2003, the first expressive exports of genuinely Rondonian beef began, in which it presented a little more than US $ 4.3 million, jumping ten years later, to the figure of US $ 592.0 million, until arriving in the year of 2019 denoting a value of $ 637.2 million. As much as the export is expressive and promising, the awareness of the farmer regarding the importance of applying the medicines to animals must be observed in the instructions for use contained in the package insert, thus reducing the risks of undesirable residues in the meat complex products, otherwise it would have a negative impact on the economy, where exports are one of the main foundations of the agribusiness in Rondonia.