Abstract
Fifty faecal samples of wild ruminants including 15 samples of Chital Axis axis, 15 of Neelgai Boselaphus tragocamelus, 10 of Gaur Bos gaurus and 10 of Sambar Cervus unicolor were collected from the peripheral forests around Jabalpur and subjected to coprological examination by standard techniques. The coprological examination of different wild herbivores showed that maximum helminth infection was present in Sambar (90.0%) followed by Neelgai (86.67%) whereas 80.0% infection was reported in Gaur and Chital. It was observed that 94.0% helminth infection was present in mixed form whereas only 6.0% mono-infection was observed.
Highlights
MethodsFifty faecal samples of wild animals including 15 samples of Chital Axis axis, 15 of Neelgai Boselaphus tragocamelus, 10 of Gaur Bos gaurus and 10 of Sambar Rusa unicolor were collected from the peripheral forests around Jabalpur
Parasitic diseases are best controlled by preventing the contact and parasite transmission between wild and domestic animals and by manipulating the factors involved in the disease transmission
Coprological examination of different wild herbivores found the highest rate of parasitic infection in Sambar (90.0%) followed by Neelgai (86.67%) and Gaur and Chital (80.0%) (Table 1)
Summary
Fifty faecal samples of wild animals including 15 samples of Chital Axis axis, 15 of Neelgai Boselaphus tragocamelus, 10 of Gaur Bos gaurus and 10 of Sambar Rusa unicolor were collected from the peripheral forests around Jabalpur. 2g of strained faecal sample was mixed with tap water in a 15ml centrifuge tube and centrifuged for 1–2 min at 1500–2000 rpm. The faecal decant at the bottom of the tube was mixed with sheather’s sugar solution and was filled up to the brim and was covered with a clean coverslip. It was centrifuged at 1500–2000 rpm for two minutes. The coverslip was removed from the top, placed on clean glass slide and examined for helminths and their eggs. One or two drops of sediment was taken on microscopic slide and examined microscopically under low magnification for trematode eggs. Identification of eggs was made by observing their characters (Soulsby 1986)
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