CRIATÓRIO DE RÃS-TOURO NO BRASIL:UMA BREVE REVISÃO NARRATIVA

Abstract

Frog farming is an expanding zootechnical activity that is part of the general context of aquaculture and Brazil is a pioneer in the production of animal protein with a low fat content, with bullfrog meat being highlighted, positioning it as the second largest producer, behind only from Taiwan. Thus, this work aims to narrate the characteristics of the bullfrog, which is the most consumed in Brazil, in addition to identifying the physiology of the bullfrog, understanding its reproductive cycle and identifying the main existing pathologies found in Brazilian farms. The work used the narrative literature review methodology, to obtain data analysis of articles selected on the platforms LILACS (Latin American and Caribbean Literature in Health Sciences), Scielo (Scientific Electronic Library Online) and VETINDEX (Periódicos Brazilians in Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science), in addition to theses and dissertations. It was pointed out in the results that obstacles in production do not only occur in relation to diseases, but also due to the conditions of the physical structure of the shed, nutrition, reproduction and water quality. In this way, it was understood that the mechanism of action of several pathogens, mainly those causing emerging diseases, has not yet been fully elucidated.