“…This might be due to the differences in the sampling criteria as they targeted scavenging pigs and had included only a few pigs from organised farms. Similarly, infection of pigs with GI parasites with prevalence rates varying between 13.2 to 96.4 % has been widely reported from all corners of world (Roepstorff & Jorsal 1989;Roepstorff et al, 1998;;Tamboura et al ., 2006;Tiwari et al, 2009;Ismail et al, 2010;Lai et al, 2011;Obonyo et al, 2013;Dey et al, 2014;Okorafor et al, 2014;Alynne et al, 2015;Lipendele et al,2015;Atawalna et al, 2015;Nonga & Paulo, 2015;Junhui et al, 2015;Roesel et al, 2017;Chilundo et al, 2017;Kouam et al, 2018) .The parasite spectrum was similar to that of previous studies from other tropical or subtropical countries (Tamboura et al, 2006;Nissen et al, 2011;Chilundo et al, 2017). Within Punjab state, India, Central plain zone and undulating plain zone have more humid conditions as compared to other zones, thus facilitating survival, development and propagation of the pre-parasitic stages of the GI parasites, hence higher prevalence rates.…”