Epidemiological Studies of Gastrointestinal Parasitic Infection of Cattle and Goats in Akure Abattoirs, Nigeria

Iyabo Adepeju Simon-Oke; Oluwaseun Awosolu

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Epidemiological Studies of Gastrointestinal Parasitic Infection of Cattle and Goats in Akure Abattoirs, Nigeria

Iyabo Adepeju Simon-Oke, Oluwaseun Awosolu

Published in American Journal of Zoology (Volume 4, Issue 2)

Received: 18 November 2020 Accepted: 4 December 2020 Published: 14 May 2021

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Abstract

Cattle and Goats are one of the most domesticated livestock in Nigeria which provides varieties of products and services to man but are also prone to infection with pathogens that are harmful to it and man. Faecal samples were obtained directly from the rectum of 440 cattle and goats slaughtered and preserved in 10% formalin solution for microscopic examination of intestinal parasites. 367 samples were found positive with one or more parasites giving an overall prevalence of 83.40%. Goats recorded the higher (90.0%) prevalence of GIT parasites and cattle (76.8%). Prevalence was higher in females of both cattle and goats (86.48, 97.56%) than males (71.91, 81.50%) respectively with a significant difference (P<0.05). Cattle between the ages of 0-1 years had the highest prevalence of infection (78.75%) while among the goats, ages 2-3 years recorded the highest prevalence of infection (92.63%) with a significant difference (P<0.05). Cattle and Goats recorded higher prevalence of infection during rainy than the dry season (P<0.05). The overall gastrointestinal parasites identified in both cattle and goats were Moniezia spp. (22.26%), Haemonchus contortus (44.94%), Trichuris trichuira (54.84%), Dicrocoelium dentriticum (41.41%), (Strongyle sp 55 (9.2%), Fasciola sp (11.31%), Schistosoma mansoni (6.24%), Paramphistomum sp (43.97%), Eimeria sp (29.53%), Coccidian oocyts (79.98%) and Strongyloides sp (24.15%). Mixed infections of Dicrocoelium dendriticum and Eimeria species (5.90%) and T. trichuira, Dicrocoelium dendriticum and Eimeria species (5.90%) was greater in cattle than in goat (2.27 and 0.90%) respectively. This study revealed that gastrointestinal helminths and protozoa parasites are more dominant in goats than in cattle.

Published in	American Journal of Zoology (Volume 4, Issue 2)
DOI	10.11648/j.ajz.20210402.12
Page(s)	14-18
Creative Commons	This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Keywords

Gastrointestinal Parasites, Cattle, Goat, Prevalence, Abattoir

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Iyabo Adepeju Simon-Oke, Oluwaseun Awosolu. Epidemiological Studies of Gastrointestinal Parasitic Infection of Cattle and Goats in Akure Abattoirs, Nigeria. Am J Zool. 2021;4(2):14-18. doi: 10.11648/j.ajz.20210402.12

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Iyabo Adepeju Simon-Oke

Parasitology and Public Health Unit, Department of Biology, Federal University of Technology, Akure, Nigeria
Oluwaseun Awosolu

Parasitology and Public Health Unit, Department of Biology, Federal University of Technology, Akure, Nigeria

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