التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
| العنوان: |
PASTURE PARASITE LOAD AND EGG OUTPUT BY GASTROINTESTINAL PARASITES AMONG TWO CATTLE BREEDS (SOKOTO GUDALI AND WHITE FULANI) IN SOME SELECTED LOCATIONS IN OSOGBO, SOUTHWESTERN NIGERIA. |
| المؤلفون: |
RUFAI, Mohammed A.1 akinlabi.rufai@uniosun.edu.ng, AJAYI, Oluwaseyi G.1, EASTER, Ogunlana O.1 |
| المصدر: |
Annals of West University of Timisoara: Series of Biology. 2019, Vol. 22 Issue 1, p25-34. 10p. |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: |
*CATTLE breeds, *FORAGE, *PASTURES, *PARASITES, *CATTLE parasites, *FASCIOLA |
| مصطلحات جغرافية: |
SOKOTO (Nigeria), OSHOGBO (Nigeria), NIGERIA |
| مستخلص: |
Studies of gastrointestinal parasites of cattle consisting of White fulani and Sokoto gudali, breeds of calves and adults was carried out between July and August, 2016 from some selected pasture locations in Osogbo, Nigeria to check the prevalence and egg output in relation to pasture locations and determine the species of gastrointestinal parasites of cattle present in Osogbo and their associated risk factors. Faecal samples obtained from the rectum of the animal were examined for parasites' ova using the floatation/sedimentation techniques and the pasture location noted. A total of 118 faecal samples were collected individually from all the sampled locations. The result of the faecal examination indicated an overall rate of 64.4% representing 76 infected cases out of the 118 cattle examined. The parasites observed in the faecal examination. were Strongyles (63.1%), Trichuris (60.3%), Eimeria (29.4%), Fasciola (51.1%), Ascaris (6.1%), and Taenia (7.6%) but the rate of infection prevalence varies significantly among pasture locations. Prevalence was higher at location B 18(78.3%) and 9(64.3%) in both breed respectively. Followed by location C 10(71.4%) and 6(60%); location A 13(68.5%) and 7(50%) while location D had the least prevalence 10(55.6%) and 3(50%). No Fasciola infection was recorded in location D. The prevalence was higher among the calves 62.4% than the adults 37.2% and 64.0% and 36.0% in Sokoto gudali and White Fulani respectively. The younger White fulani were more infected 64.0% than younger Sokoto gudali, 62.4% compared to the older Sokoto gudali and White fulani with 37.2% and 36.0% respectively (p>0.05). A mean prevalence rate of 47.0% and 54.0% was obtained for Sokoto gudali and White fulani respectively (p>0.05). Generally, the study reveals the presence of a wide variety of gastrointestinal parasites among cattle in the study area. The infestation of cattle with these gastrointestinal parasites' species varies with different pasture locations. The overall parasites prevalence was high in both breeds (Sokoto gudali & White Fulani). There was association between age, breed and pasture location and parasites prevalence. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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