The Occurrence of Gastrointestinal and Haemo parasites of cattle in Jos of Plateau State, Nigeria

Autor: K I Ogbu, C P Igeh, V A Pam, C J Bot, G Vincent
Rok vydání: 2013
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Zdroj: Journal of Animal Science Advances. 3:97
ISSN: 2251-7219
Popis: Prevalence of haemoparasites and gastrointestinal parasites of cattle in Bassa local government area of Plateau State was carried out. The study showed that haemoparasites was less prevalence (21.70%) compared to gastrointestinal parasites (53.77%). Nine parasites were encountered among which Eimeria species has the highest prevalence of 26.42% followed by Oesophagostuma radiatum with 18.87%, while Strongyloides, Syngamus laryngeus and Babesia bigemina has the least prevalence with 0.94%.The mean PCV of 35.13±5.2 (ranges from 24% to 54%) and 35.02±4.9 (ranges from 23% to 50%) for animals with one or more parasites or non-parasites respectively showed no significant difference (P
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