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Journal of Biological Sciences

Year: 2001 | Volume: 1 | Issue: 3 | Page No.: 158-159
Research Article

Prevalence of Helminthiasis in Buffaloes in Cattle Colony Hyderabad

Nasreen Akhter
Faculty of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Sciences,Sindh Agriculture University, Tandojam, Pakistan
I. R. Mohammad
Faculty of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Sciences,Sindh Agriculture University, Tandojam, Pakistan
K. B. Mirbahar
Faculty of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Sciences,Sindh Agriculture University, Tandojam, Pakistan
M. I. Memon
Faculty of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Sciences,Sindh Agriculture University, Tandojam, Pakistan
S. A. Soomro
Faculty of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Sciences,Sindh Agriculture University, Tandojam, Pakistan
The prevalence of helminthiasis was found to be 15.2 % in buffaloes. Out of 500 samples examined, 9.2 % and 5.4 % were infected with nematodes and trematodes respectively. Mixed infection was observed in 0.6 %. The chief helminths identified were: Toxocara vitulorum (3.6 %), Fasciola gigantica (3.2 %) Oesophagostomum radiatum (3.0 %) Strongyloides papillosus (2.4 %), Fasciola hepatica (2.2 %), Ostertagia ostertagi (1.0 %), Paramphistomum cervi, (0.8 %) and Trichuris Spp. (0.2 %).
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