Abstract
Prevalence of Major Gastrointestinal Nematode and Degree of Parasite Infestation in Sheep of Bako Agricultural Research Center Community Based Breeding Program Project Small Holder Farms at Horro District
Highlights
Ethiopia lies within the tropical latitudes of Africa, and has an extremely diverse topography, a wide range of climatic features and a multitude of agro-ecological zones, which makes the country suitable for different agricultural production systems
The prevalence of gastrointestinal nematode parasite was higher in female sheep (37.8%) than male (32.9%) in the study area
The coprological examination done for this study using simple test tube faecal floatation techniques revealed that an overall gastro-intestinal nematode infection prevalence of 36.7% of sheep originating from this area which were being parasitized at least by one type of gastrointestinal nematodes
Summary
Ethiopia lies within the tropical latitudes of Africa, and has an extremely diverse topography, a wide range of climatic features and a multitude of agro-ecological zones, which makes the country suitable for different agricultural production systems. This in turn has contributed to the existence of a large diversity of farm animal genetic resources in the country [1]. Over two-thirds of the total population of sheep and goats occur in the less developed countries where they often provide major contribution to farming enterprises [5]. Among the small ruminants in Ethiopia, sheep are the dominant livestock, providing up to 63% of cash income and 23% of the food subsistence value obtained from livestock production
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