Veterinary World, Vol.2(7):265-266 RESEARCH
Prevalence of helminthes in small ruminants in Tarai region of Uttarakhand
Kripali Pant,
M.K.S. Rajput, Jitendra
Kumar, Shivani Sahu, Vandna, Rajkumari and Pritee
Gangwar
Department of Epidemiology and Preventive
Medicine
Abstract
Out of 150 small ruminants examined from villages
near Pantnagar and organized farms, among them 144
animals were found positive for mixed parasitic infection, including Haemonchus sp, Paramphistomum
sp, Trichuris sp. and Moniezia sp. Overall prevalence was found 96.00% in which
animals from villages has more prevalence (96.15%) than organized farm (96.00%)
but organized farms has more prevalence of Haemonchus
sp (95.00%) than animals of villages (76.92%), overall Paramphistomum
sp was found 36.00% while Trichuris sp
and Moniezia sp revealed 14.00% and
12.00% prevalence, respectively.
Keywords: Prevalence, Helminth, Ruminant,