Prevalence of Gastrointestinal Parasites in Goats in and Around Rewa, India

Rupesh Chaurasiya; Pooja Dixit; Alok Kumar Dixit

doi:10.5455/ijlr.20201129033041

Authors

Rupesh Chaurasiya Department of Veterinary Medicine, College of Veterinary Science & Animal Husbandry, Rewa, Madhya Pradesh, INDIA
Pooja Dixit Department of Veterinary Medicine, College of Veterinary Science & Animal Husbandry, Rewa, Madhya Pradesh, INDIA
Alok Kumar Dixit Department of Veterinary Parasitology, College of Veterinary Science & Animal Husbandry, Rewa, Madhya Pradesh, INDIA https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1179-2096

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5455/ijlr.20201129033041%20%20%20%20%20

Keywords:

Goat, Gastrointestinal parasite, Prevalence, Risk factors

Abstract

To estimate the prevalence of gastrointestinal parasites in goats in and around Rewa, India, faecal samples collected from 504 goats were screened for eggs of different gastrointestinal parasites using standard floatation and sedimentation methods. The overall prevalence of gastrointestinal parasites was 79.96% with 29.28% samples having mono infection while 70.72% samples were having mixed infection. Prevalence was highest for strongyles (55.95%) followed by coccidia (45.83%), amphistomes (33.73%), Trichuris spp. (15.28%), Moniezia spp. (11.51%), Strongyloides sp. (3.57%) and Fasciola sp. (2.38%). The prevalence in kids (87.5%) was non-significantly higher than adults (79.71%). The prevalence in females (85.78%) was significantly higher (p<0.01) as compared to males (55.21%). Maximum prevalence of parasites was found in winter months (93.47%) followed by monsoon (89.28%), summer (70%), and post monsoon (62.06%). The study will provide baseline data for control of gastrointestinal parasites in the area.

References

Amran, M.A., Yadav, S.K., Akter, F., Sarkar, S., Hossain, M.A., Joy, S.M. & Samrat, A.A.K. (2018). Prevalence of gastrointestinal parasitic infections in different existing goat breeds in different districts of Bangladesh. The Journal of Advances in Parasitology, 5(1), 11-21.

Asmare, K., Sheferaw, D., Aragaw, K., Abera, M., Sibhat, B., Haile, A., Kiara, H., Szonyi, B., Skjerve, E. & Wieland, B. (2016). Gastrointestinal nematode infection in small ruminants in Ethiopia: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Acta Tropica, 160, 68-77.

Babjak, M., Konigova, A., Urda-dolinska, M. & Varady, M. (2017). Gastrointestinal helminth infections of dairy goats in Slovakia. Helminthologia, 54(3), 211-217.

Dixit, A.K., Das, G. & Baghel, R.P.S. (2017a). Gastrointestinal helminthosis: prevalence and associated determinants in goats of Jabalpur, India. Journal of Parasitic Diseases, 41(2), 414-416.

Dixit, A.K., Das, G. & Dixit, P. (2017b). Prevalence of gastrointestinal helminths in goats under organized farm conditions in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh. Journal of Veterinary Parasitology, 31(2), 54-57.

Dixit, P., Rao, M.L.V., Dixit, A.K. & Shukla, P.C. (2016). Prevalence of gastrointestinal parasites in goat kids in Jabalpur. Ruminant Science, 5, 39-42.

Dugassa, J., Hussein, A., Kebede, A. & Mohammed, C. (2018). Prevalence and associated risk factors of gastrointestinal nematodes of sheep and goats in Ziway Dugda district, Eastern Arsi Zone of Oromia regional state, Ethiopia. Multidisciplinary Advances in Veterinary Science, 2, 301-310.

Lloyd, S. (1983). Effects of pregnancy and lactation up on infection. Veterinary Immunulogy and Immunopathology, 4, 153-176.

Gupta, A., Dixit, A.K., Dixit, P. & Mahajan, C. (2013). Prevalence of gastrointestinal parasites in small ruminants in and around Jabalpur, India. Journal of Veterinary Parasitology, 27(1), 59-60.

Gupta, M.K., Rao, M.L.V., Dixit, P., Shukla, P.C. & Dixit, A.K. (2016). Prevalence of gastrointestinal nematodes in goats in and around Jabalpur. Environment and Ecology, 34(4B), 2495-2497.

Hossain, M., Bhuiyan, M.J.U., Alam, M.S., Islam, K.M., Nath, T.C., Datta, R. & Uddin, A.H.M.M. (2015). Cross sectional epidemiological investigation on the prevalence of gastrointestinal parasites of small ruminants in sullah upazilla of Sunamgonj district, Bangladesh. The Journal of Advances in Parasitology, 2(4), 100-104.

Islam, M.S., Hossain, M.S., Dey, A.R., Alim, M.A., Akter, S. & Alam, M.Z. (2017). Epidemiology of gastrointestinal parasites of small ruminants in Mymensingh, Bangladesh. Journal of Advanced Veterinary and Animal Research, 4(4), 356-362.

Jas, R. & Pandit, S. (2017). Seasonal variation in prevalence of gastrointestinal helminthoses in cattle of New Alluvial zone of West Bengal, India. Biological Rhythm Research, 48(4), 631-637.

Jena, A., Deb, A.R., Kumari, L., Biswal, S.S. & Joshi, S.K. (2018). Prevalence of gastrointestinal helminthes among goats in and around Ranchi, Jharkhand, India. International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences, 7(1), 3506-3513.

Khajuria, J.K., Katoch, R., Yadav, A., Godara, R., Gupta, S.K. & Singh, A. (2013). Seasonal prevalence of gastrointestinal helminths in sheep and goats of middle agro-climatic zone of Jammu province. Journal of Parasitic Diseases, 37(1), 21-25.

Radostitis, O.M., Gay, C.C., Hinchcliff, K.W. & Constable, P.D. (2007). Veterinary medicine: A textbook of diseases of cattle, sheep, goats, pigs and horses. (10 edn.) St. louis, Missouri, Saunders Elsevier Publishing Co.

Rahman, M.A., Labony, S.S., Dey, A.R. & Alam, M.Z. (2017). An epidemiological investigation of gastrointestinal parasites of small ruminants in Tangail, Bangladesh. Journal of Bangladesh Agricultural University, 15(2), 255-259.

Saiyam, R., Das, G., Verma, R. & Kumar, S. (2018). Seasonal prevalence of caprine gastrointestinal helminths in central Madhya Pradesh. Journal of Entomology and Zoology Studies, 6(4), 979-982.

Satish, A.C., Nagarajan, K., Balachandran, C., Soundararajan, C., Arunaman, C.S., Thangapandian, M. & Sridhar, R. (2018). Prevalence of gastrointestinal parasites in small ruminants in and around Chennai, Tamil Nadu. Indian Veterinary Journal, 95, 78-79.

Shakya, P., Jayraw, A.K., Jamra, N. Agrawal, V. & Jatav, G.P. (2017). Incidence of gastrointestinal nematodes in goats in and around Mhow, Madhya Pradesh. Journal of Parasitic Diseases, 41(4), 963-967.

Snedecor, G.W. & Cochran, W.G. (1994). Statistical methods. (7th edn.), Calcutta, Oxford and IBH Publilishing Co., p 445.

Sorathiya, L.M., Fulsoundar, A.B., Rao, T.K. & Kumar, N. (2017). Prevalence and risk factors for gastrointestinal parasitism in traditionally maintained goat flocks of South Gujarat. Journal of Parasitic Diseases, 41, 137-141.

Sunandhadevi, S., Rao, M.L.V., Dixit, P., Shukla, P.C., Dixit, A.K. and Das, G. (2017). Prevalence of gastrointestinal nematodes and risk factors in goats in Jabalpur. Environment & Ecology, 35(2A), 920-922.

Swarnakar, G. & Kumawat, A. (2013). Incidence of pathogenic amphistomes Orthocoelium scoliocoelium (Trematoda:Digenea) in Udaipur, Rajasthan. International Journal of Science Research, 2, 70-71.

Urquhart, G.M., Armour, J., Duncan, J.L., Dunn, A.M. and Jennings, F.W. (1996). Veterinary parasitology, Oxford, Blackwell Science Ltd.

Verma, R., Sharma, D.K., Paul, S., Gururaj, K., Dige, M., Saxena, V.K., Rout, P.K., Bhusan, S. & Banerjee, P.S. (2018). Epidemiology of common gastrointestinal parasitic infections in goats reared in semi-Arid Region of India. Journal of Animal Research, 8, 39-45.

Wondimu, A. & Gutu, S. (2017). Gastrointestinal nematodes of small ruminants in Guto Gida districts, East Wolloega, Ethiopia. Journal of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Health, 9(5), 83-87.

Zajac, A.M. & Conboy, G.A. (2012). Veterinary Clinical Parasitology, Oxford, UK, Wiley Blackwell.

Zvinorova, P.I., Halimani, T.E., Matika, F.C., Riggio, V. & Dzama, K. (2016). Prevalence and risk factors of gastrointestinal parasitic infections in goats in low-input low-output farming systems in Zimbabwe. Small Ruminant Research, 143, 75–83.