Seasonal prevalence of gastrointestinal nematode parasites of sheep in Northern region of Nile Delta, Egypt.

Abstract:

:Over 1 year, from January to December 1999, a total of 173 slaughtered sheep at Al-Mahala abattoir were examined for presence of nematode parasites. Eighteen sheep (10.4%) were infected with eight different species of nematodes. The prevalence rates of detected nematode parasites were; Haemonchus contortus (3.5%), Haemonchus placei (1.7%), Trichuris ovis (5.8%), Parabronema skrjabini (2.9%), Ostertagia trifurcata (1.2%), Chabertia ovina (0.6%) and Strongyloides papillosus (0.6%), and Graphidiops species (2.9%). The seasonal prevalence of the infection with the nematode parasites was studied and the highest rate was during autumn (15.2%) followed by summer (11.1%) and winter (9.4%) while the lowest rate was during spring (5.6%).

journal_name

Parasitol Res

journal_title

Parasitology research

authors

Khalafalla RE,Elseify MA,Elbahy NM

doi

10.1007/s00436-010-2066-9

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2011-02-01 00:00:00

pages

337-40

issue

2

eissn

0932-0113

issn

1432-1955

journal_volume

108

pub_type

杂志文章