Prevalence of gastrointestinal round worms in calves in Sokoto, northwestern, Nigeria
Publish place: Scientific Journal of Zoology، Vol: 1، Issue: 2
Publish Year: 1391
Type: Journal paper
Language: English
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Index date: 7 December 2015
Prevalence of gastrointestinal round worms in calves in Sokoto, northwestern, Nigeria abstract
An investigation to determine the prevalence and distribution of gastrointestinal roundworms in calves in Sokoto metropolis was carried out. A total of 216 faecal samples from calves were examined using Modified McMaster technique for morphological egg differentiation and count of worm-egg per gram of faeces of the sampled calves. Positive samples were cultured to differentiate between morphologically indistinguishable nematode genera. An overall prevalence was found to be 133 (61.57%). Eight different nematode genera were identified with Cooperia spp being highest in prevalence (28.78%) followed by Haemonchus spp (26.76%) and the least was Toxocara spp (0.50%). The prevalence was generally higher in females (56.39%) than in males (43.61%).
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