The prevalence of gastro-intestinal parasites of buffaloes was studied in and around Tirupati of Andra Pradesh for a period of one year through coprological examination. A total of 694 buffaloes were examined; among them, 279 (40.20%) buffaloes were found infected with one or more species of gastro-intestinal parasites. Ten species of gastro-intestinal parasites were identifi ed; of them, seven...

A study was conducted to determine the prevalence and risk factors associated with gastrointestinal parasitism in western Oromia during 2003–2004. A total of 757 ruminants (257 cattle, 255 sheep, and 245 goats) were included in the study using standard coprologic parasitological procedure. The study showed that the overall prevalence of gastrointestinal parasites was 69.6% with 50.2%, 75.3%, an...

Background: Zoonotic gastrointestinal parasites of dogs are of the global problem particularly in the developing countries. Dogs are the most common pet animals worldwide and have been reported to be hosts of many intestinal parasites of zoonotic importance globally. In Nigeria, gastrointestinal helminthes of dogs is currently endemic in 20 of the 36 states. Aim: In general, dogs are the closes...

to determine gastrointestinal parasites of pet dogs of urmia this study was carried out in a peroid of 14 months form april 2005 to june 2006. two hundered and six fecal samples i.e; 169 and 37 samples from male and female dogs respectively, were collected from small animal’s clinics of urmia city. the dogs were studeied in two age groups of ≤ 6 months and >6 months included number of 60 and 14...

The Iberian Peninsula is one of the most humanized areas in Europe, yet humans may cohabit with large predators, such as wolf (Canis lupus signatus), at expense many contributions to its conservation. limited wolves’ territory leads a close relationship between this wild species, humans, and other animals, which promote spillover pathogens, gastrointestinal parasites. This review intends provid...

The prevalence of gastrointestinal (GI) parasites and the efficacy of Dectomax (Doramectin) against these parasites was studied. For this purpose, 50 camels were selected from different localities of Faisalabad, their faecal samples were collected and examined for the parasitism. The overall prevalence of G1 parasites was 60%. Species wise prevalence of these parasites was: 20, 14, 8, 4, 4 and ...

Poultry birds. Domestic fowl and broiler are constantly in exposure of both ecto-parasites and endoparasites. The parasitic infestation badly affect the industry in various ways, low weight birds, meat with low quality in taste and nutrients, weight reduction etc. The present study shows that broiler bird is less infected by ecto-parasites and gastrointestinal; parasites as compared to domestic...

BACKGROUND Understanding changes in the host-parasite relationship due to habitat fragmentation is necessary for better management and conservation of endangered species in fragmented landscapes. Pathogens and parasites can pose severe threat to species in restricted environments such as forest fragments where there is increased contact of wildlife with human and livestock populations. Environm...