TY - JOUR
T1 - Prevalence of Giardia Lamblia and gastrointestinal parasites in ruminants
AU - Imran, Muhammad
AU - Ahmad, Irshad
AU - Malik, Muhammad Saqib
AU - Hussain, Mubashir
AU - Khan, Muhammad Jaseem
AU - Ahmad, Saeed
AU - Ullah, Hanif
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - The present study was conducted to determine the prevalence of Giardia Lamblia and Gastrointestinal parasites in Ruminants. One hundred and fifty fecal samples were collected randomly from the sheep and goats, cattle and buffaloes in different location of Islamabad (villages, dairy farms), Chitral and Peshawar. The samples were screened for the presence of Gastrointestinal parasites using microscopic techniques, (simple test tube flotation and sedimentation technique), centrifugation technique (formalin ethyl-acetate sedimentation technique) and fecal culture. Eimeria species were detected in 31 samples (20.66%), Fasciola in 22 samples (14.66%), Haemonchus in 19 samples (12.66%), Ostertagia in 12 samples (8%), Trichostrongylus in 9 samples (6%) and Giardia species in 24 samples (16%) respectively. These results demonstrate that environmentally resistant cysts or eggs could be widespread on the farms examined and thus an effective hygienic management system is needed to prevent them from serving as the source of infection for human beings.
AB - The present study was conducted to determine the prevalence of Giardia Lamblia and Gastrointestinal parasites in Ruminants. One hundred and fifty fecal samples were collected randomly from the sheep and goats, cattle and buffaloes in different location of Islamabad (villages, dairy farms), Chitral and Peshawar. The samples were screened for the presence of Gastrointestinal parasites using microscopic techniques, (simple test tube flotation and sedimentation technique), centrifugation technique (formalin ethyl-acetate sedimentation technique) and fecal culture. Eimeria species were detected in 31 samples (20.66%), Fasciola in 22 samples (14.66%), Haemonchus in 19 samples (12.66%), Ostertagia in 12 samples (8%), Trichostrongylus in 9 samples (6%) and Giardia species in 24 samples (16%) respectively. These results demonstrate that environmentally resistant cysts or eggs could be widespread on the farms examined and thus an effective hygienic management system is needed to prevent them from serving as the source of infection for human beings.
KW - Cysts
KW - Gastrointestinal parasites
KW - Giardia lamblia
KW - Ruminants
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/84891814082
U2 - 10.5829/idosi.gv.2013.11.6.7697
DO - 10.5829/idosi.gv.2013.11.6.7697
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84891814082
SN - 1992-6197
VL - 11
SP - 708
EP - 713
JO - Global Veterinaria
JF - Global Veterinaria
IS - 6
ER -