JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE AND VETERINARY MEDICINE
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ISSN: 2536-7099
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DOI: 10.31248/JASVM
Start Year: 2016
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Gastrointestinal helminths of West African Dwarf (WAD) goats in Ido Local Government Area, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria
https://doi.org/10.31248/JASVM2016.019 | Article Number: 0A67D7654 | Vol.2 (4) - August 2017
Received Date: 12 August 2016 | Accepted Date: 25 September 2016 | Published Date: 30 August 2017
Authors: Unigwe C. R.* , Balogun, F. A. , Olona, J. F. , Nwufoh, O. C.2 and Odah, I. S.
Keywords: goats, prevalence, Deworming, faecal helminths, floatation technique
A study on the prevalence of fecal helminth parasites in adult WAD goats was carried out in five different areas of Ido Local Government Area of Oyo State, Nigeria. The objectives of the study were to determine the prevalence of fecal helminth parasites of goats in some areas including Gbekuba, Adabeji, Adifase, Owode and Lade-Owo as well as the genera distribution of faecal helminth parasites of goats in the study area. A total of 22 faecal samples per area were collected summing up to 110 samples from 110 goats. Simple floatation technique was used to identify eggs of parasites in the faecal samples and the eggs examined under light microscope for typing. Out of the 110 fecal samples, 78 (70.91%) of them were positive for helminth endo-parasites including five genera of nematodes: Ascaris spp (56.36%), Strongyloides spp (2.73%), Trichuris spp (0.91%), Nematodirus spp (2.73%) and Trichostrongylus spp (1.82%) and a genus of trematode: Fasciola spp (6.36%). The results showed that Ascaris spp was the most prevalent followed by Fasciola spp, Trichuris spp, Nematodirus spp, Strongyloides spp and Trichostrongylus spp. It is therefore recommended that routine deworming should be embraced using broad spectrum anthelmintics particularly against nematodes and trematodes to bring to minimal or possibly stamp out endo-parasites from the study area.
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