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Gastrointestinal parasitic infections in cattle farms of Sikkim

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Title Gastrointestinal parasitic infections in cattle farms of Sikkim
 
Creator PAL, PAPRI
CHATLOD, L R
AVASTHE, R K
 
Subject Gastrointestinal parasites, Prevalence, Sikkim, Small scale dairy farm
 
Description Of the total 303 faecal samples examined, 61 (20.13%) of them were found positive for different parasitic infections with eggs per gram of faeces (EPG) range of 100–700. The incidence was significantly lower in Government cattle farm (11.42%) than that of privately managed farms (22.75%). The most prevalent gastrointestinal helminth parasite eggs detected were strongyles (18.81%), Moniezia (11.22%), Ascaris (8.25%), Strongyloides (6.6%), coccidian oocyst (3.96%), Trichuris spp (2.31%), Nematodirus (1.66%) and amphistome (1.65%) in decreasing order. The prevalence of gastrointestinal parasitic infection was high in July (31.25%) and low in January (8.7%). Intensity of strongyle infection in terms of epg showed no variations when different ages, body conditions, breeds and lactation conditions were compared. The seasonal distribution of gastrointestinal parasitism indicated a higher percentage of infection during summer (29.11%) followed by spring (22.22%) and autumn (19.22%). The infection rate was significantly lower in winter (10.0%).
 
Publisher Directorate of Knowledge Management in Agriculture
 
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Date 2015-06-12
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://epubs.icar.org.in/ejournal/index.php/IJAnS/article/view/49271
 
Source The Indian Journal of Animal Sciences; Vol 85, No 6 (2015)
0367-8318
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://epubs.icar.org.in/ejournal/index.php/IJAnS/article/view/49271/21125
 
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