Seasonal Prevalence of Gastrointestinal Helminths in Goats in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh

Authors

  • Kamal Jaiswal Department of Zoology, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh 226025, India
  • Suman Mishra hor’s Affiliation: 1,2,3,4Department of Zoology, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh 226025, India
  • Amit Kumar Singh Department of Zoology, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh 226025, India
  • Jyoti Pandey Department of Zoology, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh 226025, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.48165/

Keywords:

Gastrointestinal helminths (GI), Nematode, Trematode, Cestode, Grazing management

Abstract

The present study was carried out to investigate the  prevalence of gastrointestinal helminths (GI) parasite  in goat and its associated determinants (season, age  and sex) in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. Helminth  prevalence was found to be 67.6% in the present  research with significantly high nematode infestations (65.1%), followed by trematode (18.3%) andcestode  (12.7%).The prevalence rate of different helminth  species varied significantly (p ≤ 0.05) and it was  reported that the highest infestation rate was found  due to Haemonchus sp. (62.3%), followed by Trichuris sp. (56.3%), Oesophagostomum sp. (36.1%), Bunostomum sp. (27.9 %), Paramphistomum sp. (18.3%), and Moneizia sp. (12.7%). A significant (p ≤ 0.05) variation in the  prevalence rate was detected during monsoon (84.7%)  followed by summer (67.7%) and winter (50.4%). Age wise prevalence indicated younger goats significantly  (p ≤ 0.05) more susceptible (87.5%) than adults  (51.3%), whereas in case of gender-wise prevalence significant (p ≤ 0.05) difference was observed and it  was found that females were more prone to the  infestation (74.2%) than males (59.6%). The present  study revealed that the seasonal variation with  associated determinants plays a prominent role in the  prevalence of GI helminths of the animals; hence  thereis an urgent need for proper grazing  management and routine prophylactic treatment of  goat livestock. 

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Published

2020-11-15

Issue

Vol. 39 No. 2 (2020): Bulletin of Pure and Applied Sciences Zoology (Jul-Dec) 2020

Section

Research Paper

How to Cite

Seasonal Prevalence of Gastrointestinal Helminths in Goats in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh . (2020). Bulletin of Pure & Applied Sciences- Zoology , 39(2), 431–439. https://doi.org/10.48165/