PREVALENCE OF HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS IN LOCAL GOATS OF D. G. KHAN
Mushtaq Hussain Lashari* Zahida Tasawar, Muhammad Saleem Akhtar, M. Shafiq Chaudhary and Nuzhat Sial
ABSTRACT
Haemonchus contortus a blood sucking parasite causing anaemia that may be fatal particularly to young animals. Faecal samples were obtained from 380 goats in July and August, 2013 from 13 randomly selected local farms around D.G. Khan. In this study 96 (25.26%) goats were found to be positive for H. contortus. Infection of parasite was more prevalent in males than in female goats (31.85 VS 22.47; P
Keywords: Goats, H. contortus, Age, Sex, Prevalence.
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