A survey on the prevalence and intensity of infection with gastrointestinal helminths of Dorper sheep in relation to age and weather factors was carried out on a ranch in Kajiado district, a semi-arid area of Kenya for a period of 13 months (May 1999 to May 2000). Faecal samples from lambs (3 months to 1 year), yearlings (1-2 years) and adult breeding ewes (2-4 years) were examined for helminth...

The authors present a survey of gastrointestinal helminths of sheep on permanent pastures in the extreme north region of Tunisia (Mediterranean climate). Dynamic infestation of animals has been monitored by using batches of three tracer lambs introduced each two months during 2004 and 2005. These lambs were kept in the pens of veterinary school of Sidi Thabet (Tunisia) during three months and t...

Background: Verminosis is the main limiting factor in sheep production. Its control has become more and more difficult because of resistance of gastrointestinal helminths to some active ingredients, which has led to search of alternative ways to verminosis control. Based on that, the goal of study was to evaluate the effect of homeopathy for verminosis control in sheep. Materials and Methods: T...

Bu çalışma 2009 yılının Şubat ve Mart aylarında Erzurum’un Pazaryolu, Pasinler Ilıca ilçelerinde yürütülmüştür. Yöresindeki 11 odakta bulunan 28 ağıldan yaşları 1 aylığa kadar değişen 461 kuzu (253 ishalli, 208 sağlıklı) 397 (9 388 koyun dışkı örneği alınmıştır. Cryptosporidium spp. 858 örneğinin 397’sinde %46.3 yaygınlık tespit edildi. Eimeria örneğin 313’ünde ortalama %36.5 21 ‘inde ise (%2.4...

background: conventional wastewater treatment is a combination of physical and biological processes designed to remove organic matter from solution. waste sludge drawn from these processes is thickened and processed for ultimate disposal wastewater contains various kinds of infectious agents, such as bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites. correct treatment in wastewater treatment plants is imp...

many parasitic helminthes of veterinary importance have genetic features that favor development of anthelmintic resistance, this becoming a major worldwide constrain in livestock production. the de-velopment of anthelmintic resistance poses a large threat to future production and welfare of grazing animals. development of variable degrees of resistance among different species of gastrointestina...

background: the present study was aimed to elucidate the status of intestinal hel­minth infec­tions in canids of moghan plain, northwestern iran. methods: eighty-five intestine samples from dead or shot wild canids, 59 fecal samples from sheepdogs and 5 from red foxes were collected from 2006 to 2008 and examined in parasitology department of pasteur institute of iran. results: generally, adult...