Journal of Biological Sciences 1727-3048 1812-5719 Asian Network for Scientific Information 10.3923/jbs.2001.158.159 Akhter Nasreen I. R. Mohammad Mirbahar K. B. Memon M. I. S. A. Soomro 3 2001 1 3 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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