Prevalence of haemoparasites and gastrointestinal parasites of cattle in Bassa local government area of Plateau State was carried out. The study showed that haemoparasites was less prevalence (21.70%) compared to gastrointestinal parasites (53.77%). Nine parasites were encountered among which Eimeria species has the highest prevalence of 26.42% followed by Oesophagostuma radiatum with 18.87%, while Strongyloides, Syngamus laryngeus and Babesia bigemina has the least prevalence with 0.94%.The mean PCV of 35.13±5.2 (ranges from 24% to 54%) and 35.02±4.9 (ranges from 23% to 50%) for animals with one or more parasites or non-parasites respectively showed no significant difference (P<0.5). There was a high prevalence observed in females (44.34%) than males (40.57%) and high in adults compared to young animals. There was a high prevalence in white Fulani than other breeds which is due to the fact that white Fulani is the most common breed of cattle in the study area. White Fulani recorded the highest prevalence of 24.53% followed by Red Fulani with 21.70% and Sokoto Gudali with 19.81%, while N'dama and Muturu had least the prevalence of 9.43% each which shows a significant difference (P<0.05) between the breed of animals.
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