An Epidemio-Coprological Study of Protozoan and Nematode Parasites of Ruminants in Tropical Semi-Arid District of Somaliland (Northern of Somalia)

Ghanem, Yasser M.; Naser, Mohamed; Abdelkader, A.H.; Heybe, Ahemd

doi:10.21608/kvmj.2009.108724

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“…The present study agrees with the previous studies conducted in different parts of the world with higher prevalence in females than male [30,31,32]. However, different studies reported a higher prevalence in male than female animals [19,33,34,35]. Some of the previous studies gave notion that females are more prone to helminthes (nematodes) infestation compared to male small ruminant.…”

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Gastro-intestinal Tract Nematodes of Small Ruminants: Prevalence and Their Identification in and Around Alage, Southern Ethiopia

Moje¹,

Gurmesa²,

Regassa³

2021

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A cross sectional study was conducted in small ruminants kept under extensive management system in and around Alage Agricultural Technical Vocational Educational and Training (ATVET) College from October to May, 2018/19. The objectives were set to estimate the prevalence and types of recovered parasites at genus level and assessment of their association with the animal risk factors. A total of 310 randomly collected fecal samples of small ruminants (206 goats and 104 sheep) were examined by simple floatation. In the study area, the overall prevalence of GIT nematodes in small ruminants was 79.68% (247/310). Species specific prevalence of GIT nematode was 78.2% (161/206) and 82.7% (86/104), goats and sheep, respectively. The result showed the existence of single as well as mixed parasitic infections. Accordingly, higher proportion of Haemonchus in sheep (33.72%) and Trichostrongylus in goats (31.1%) represent single infections while Haemonchus with Trichostrongylus in sheep (5.8%), and Trichostrongylus with Oesophagostomum in goats (4.35%) weremixed parasitic infections. Conversely, Bunostomum and Trichuris appeared to be the lowestin proportions in goats (3.73%) and sheep (2.33%) as a single infection whereas Haemonchus with Bunostomum in goats (0.62%) and Trichostrongylus with Bunostomum in sheep (1.2%), as mixed parasitic infections. Analysis of risk factors (species, age, sex and body condition score) revealed that only sex and BCS had significant association with occurrence of parasitic infection (p < 0.05).. Accordingly, females and those with poor BCS were more likely to have parasitic burden than others (p< 0.05). However, rest of risk factors (species and age group) had no statistical association (p>0.05) for parasitic infection. In general, the occurrences of high prevalence of nematodes in the study area suggest that GI nematodes are major constraints for production and productivity of small ruminants. Therefore, application of strategic control measures is recommended to reduce the impact of nematodes in ruminants in the current area.

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Gastro-intestinal Tract Nematodes of Small Ruminants: Prevalence and Their Identification in and Around Alage, Southern Ethiopia

Moje¹,

Gurmesa²,

Regassa³

2021

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“…In this study when comes to the sex there were no significant variation was observed between male and female despite slightly higher infection noticed in female sheep with 69.3% female and 63.1% male respectively. There was no statistical association between sex and prevalence of gastro intestinal nematodes agree with that of Abdurezaq, Regassa & Ghanem [7,17,29]. This also agrees with report by Assefa & Sissay [30].…”

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The Prevalence of Ovine Gastro Intestinal Nematode and Associated Risk Factor in Jigjiga Woreda, Fafan Zone, Somali Regional State, Eastern Ethiopia

Fasil

2019

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The population of livestock found in Ethiopia was expected that 53.4 million cattle, 25.5 million sheep and 22.78 million goats [5]. Ethiopia is the second in Africa, and the sixth in the world, in terms of sheep population. In spite of enormous population and importance of small ruminants, the country has benefited little from this enormous resource owning to a multitude of problems like poor nutrition, poor animal production systems, reproductive inefficiency, management constraints, lack of veterinary care, and disease being the most important. Disease alone accounts for mortality of 30% in lambs and 20% in adults [6].

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“…However, it was higher than the reports of 26.8% [42] and 1.03% [43], the 2.3% prevalence from Somaliland [44], and the finding of Yimer and Birhan [45] and much higher The variations in the prevalence of hemonchosis in sheep in different parts of Ethiopia and different countries are attributed to different factors, such as environmental factors (e.g., geoclimatic factors), sample size, host factors (e.g., natural resistance) [47], and the standard of management (e.g., habits of anthelmintic usage and nutrition) [48], which influence the development, distribution, and extended survival of the infective larval stage of the parasite [49].…”

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Prevalence, Associated Risk Factors, and Economic Loss of Ovine Hemonchosis at Jimma Town Municipal Abattoir, Jimma Zone, Southwestern Ethiopia

Abagero,

Beriso,

Mengistu

2023

Journal of Parasitology Research

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Hemonchosis is considered one of the most severe gastrointestinal parasitic diseases in small ruminants due to the blood feeding habits of the parasites, which results in production loss and death of the animals. A cross-sectional study was conducted from December 2022 to March 2023 at the Jimma town municipal abattoir with the objectives of estimating the occurrence of ovine hemonchosis, investigating potential associated risk factors, and assessing economic loss due to the disease. A total of 374 animals were chosen by systematic random sampling over the study period, and prevalence was estimated based on coprological and postmortem examination for the presence or absence of the parasite according to standard procedures. Accordingly, among the examined sheep, 32.62% and 53.2% were positive for Haemonchus contortus by fecal and postmortem examination, respectively. When the two tests were compared using the latter as the gold standard, the results showed a moderate degree of agreement (kappa statistic = 0.597 ). The prevalence of H. contortus was found to be statistically significant ( p < 0.05 ) with respect to agroecology and season. The highest prevalence of H. contortus was observed during the semidry season (65.62%) and began to decline gradually from the middle of the semidry season. The lowest prevalence was recorded during the dry season (41.52%). The present study did not find a statistically significant difference in prevalence across different age and sex groups ( p > 0.05 ). The annual financial loss due to abomasum rejection and carcass reduction associated with hemonchosis at the abattoir was estimated to be 358,591.58 Ethiopian birr. It was concluded that hemonchosis was prevalent in the study area, resulting in a significant loss and dictating applicable control and prevention approaches for hemonchosis.

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An Epidemio-Coprological Study of Protozoan and Nematode Parasites of Ruminants in Tropical Semi-Arid District of Somaliland (Northern of Somalia)

Cited by 5 publications

References 33 publications

Gastro-intestinal Tract Nematodes of Small Ruminants: Prevalence and Their Identification in and Around Alage, Southern Ethiopia

Gastro-intestinal Tract Nematodes of Small Ruminants: Prevalence and Their Identification in and Around Alage, Southern Ethiopia

The Prevalence of Ovine Gastro Intestinal Nematode and Associated Risk Factor in Jigjiga Woreda, Fafan Zone, Somali Regional State, Eastern Ethiopia

Prevalence, Associated Risk Factors, and Economic Loss of Ovine Hemonchosis at Jimma Town Municipal Abattoir, Jimma Zone, Southwestern Ethiopia

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