Epidemiological survey of helminths of goats in southern Punjab, Pakistan
- Author:
Muhammad Mazhar Ayaz
;
Muhammad Asif Raza
;
Saeed Murtaza
;
Saleem Akhtar
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- From:Tropical Biomedicine
2013;30(1):62-71
- CountryMalaysia
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
The main purpose of this study was to investigate the prevalence of helminths of goats such as Fasciola hepatica, Haemonchus contortus, Paramphistomum cervi,
Oesophagostomum columbian, Cotylophoron cotylophorum, Monezia expansa, Oestertagia oestertagi and Oestertagia circumcincta. The overall prevalence of all species of helminthes was 52% in goat. The study was designed to investigate the factors of helminths prevalence
on the basis of sex and age of goat with the help of Chi-square. All the results obtained were
non-significant due to some factors which directly affects the prevalence of helminths.
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