Abstract
Gastrointestinal parasitism is one of the major health problems affecting productivity of small ruminants worldwide. A dry season study was undertaken to determine the prevalence of Strongyle ova in goats and their faecal egg counts, as well as to compare different faecal culture methods for larval counts and identification. Out of 200 faecal samples examined, 114 were from male and 86 from female goats. An overall prevalence of 42(21%) for Strongyle ova was observed with a mean EPG of 91.67 + 6.12. The prevalence was higher in the male 26(22.8%) than in female 16(18.6%) with mean EPG of 90.38 ± 7.35 and 93.75 ± 11.06 respectively (p > 0.05). It was also higher in adults 38(22.22%) compared with the young 4(13.79%). All positive goats were of the Sahelian breed. No significant difference (p > 0.05%) was observed between sexes and age but a significant difference (p < 0.05) was observed between breeds. The infection was higher from samples collected in the abattoir 36 (25.35%) compared with 6(18.75%) in Mairi Village and none was positive from the University of Maiduguri Farm. A significant difference (p<0.05) was thus observed between locations. Only Strongyle ova was seen throughout the study and on subjection of the positive samples to larval recovery, Oesophagostomum columbianum was the only larva recovered. The test tube method yielded the highest larval recovery with mean larval count of 9.14 + 0.72 (p<0.05), compared with bottle with no charcoal; bottle with charcoal and Baermann’s techniques.Keywords: Goats, Strongyle ova, Faecal Culture Techniques, Prevalence
Highlights
Epidemiological knowledge is crucial to the development of a comprehensive and sustainable strategy for controlling gastrointestinal nematode infections in sheep and goats in the different agroecological zones and management systems (Ardo and Bitrus, 2015)
An overall prevalence of 42(21.0%) for Strongyle ova was obtained in this study with mean Egg per Gram (EPG) of 91.67±6.12 (Table 1).This was quite low compared with 58% reported in goats in an earlier work by Biu et al, (2009)
Of the 114 males examined, 26(22.8%) were positive with mean Egg per Gram (EPG) of 90.38 ± 7.35, while only 16(18.6%) of the 86 females examined were positive with mean EPG of 93.75 ±11.06
Summary
Epidemiological knowledge is crucial to the development of a comprehensive and sustainable strategy for controlling gastrointestinal nematode infections in sheep and goats in the different agroecological zones and management systems (Ardo and Bitrus, 2015). This study was conducted to provide information on the prevalence of caprine nematodosis and to compare different faecal culture techniques for larval counts and identification. 154 Prevalence of Strongyle ova in Goats and comparative studies
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