Prevalence of gastrointestinal parasites in bovines in and around Junagadh (Gujarat)

Abstract

Coprological examination of 416 bovine faecal samples revealed the presence of parasitic stages of Toxocara vitulorum, strongyles, Strongyloides spp., Fasciola spp., amphistomes, coccidia (Eimeria spp. and Cryptosporidium spp.) and Buxtonella sulcata. About 42 % (n = 302) faecal samples from cattle and 36 % (n = 114) samples from buffaloes were positive for gastrointestinal (GI) parasitic infections. Both cattle (14.57 %) and buffalo (15.79 %) had the highest incidence of Buxtonella sulcata, respectively. The overall incidence of GI parasitic infections in young animals (below 1 year) was higher followed by older (more than 5 years) and adult animals (1-5 years) and the difference was statistically significant (p \ 0.05). Non descriptive breeds of bovines showed more parasitic infections than pure breeds, the difference being statistically non-significant (p [ 0.05). Season wise GI parasitic infections were recorded to be non-significantly (p [ 0.05) higher in monsoon (48.38 %) followed by summer (39 %) and winter (34.61 %) in cattle. There was no significant variation of GI infections in buffaloes in relation to season though highest prevalence was documented in monsoon (44.89 %) followed by winter (35.71 %) and summer (24.32 %). Similarly, sex wise females recorded higher infection rates than males in bovines and the difference being statistically non-significant (p [ 0.05).

Gastrointestinal parasitic infections in cattle and swamp buffalo of Guwahati, Assam, India

“…parasitic infections in cattle (79.95%) than buffalo (74.4%). Similarly reports were made by Wadhwa et al (2011), Singh et al (2012 and Maharana et al (2016) from Rajasthan, Punjab and Gujarat, respectively. This might be due to higher level of innate resistance to nematode by buffaloes (Roberts and Fernando, 1990).…”

“…Buxtonella sulcata cyst was observed in all age groups of cattle for the first time in Assam. Earlier, from Bangalore and Gujarat it was reported in cattle and buffalo by Mamatha and D'Souza (2006) and Maharana et al (2016), respectively. Though, Buxtonella sulcata is considered non-pathogenic protozoa, in recent times many researchers reported its pathogenicity leading to diarrhea (AI-Saffar et al, 2010).…”

“…parasitic infections are highly influenced by age and thus the difference in the prevalence according to age was observed in the present study (Fig.3). Young animals are more susceptible to parasitic infections than adults (Maharana et al, 2016;Khan et al, 2017). According to Radostits et al (1994), young animals are more susceptible to parasitic infection because adult animals develop some degree of immunity on exposure to G.I.…”

Seasonal incidence of parasitic diseases in bovines of south western Gujarat (Junagadh), India

“…In this regard, scanty information is available on the prevalence of haemoparasites and GI parasitic infections in bovines of Junagadh (Gujarat), India (Maharana et al 2015). As this district has rich source of livestock with breeds like Gir cattle, Jaffrabadi buffaloes, it is the need of the hour, to conduct a thorough study regarding the occurrence of various haemoparasites and GI parasitic infections and its co-relation with climatic conditions.…”

Gastrointestinal parasitic infection in Gir Cattle (Bos primigenius indicus) and Jaffrabadi Buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) from Junagadh, Gujarat, India

“…Regarding over all sex wise prevalence, though positive ratio of gastrointestinal parasitic infection was higher in female cattle than male (32.41 %vs 11.11 %) and a similarly observed for buffaloes (29.85 %vs 7.46 %), [ Table 4] This ndings can be supported by the fact that this region of Gujarat usually shows common managemental practices that are adopted for animals of both male and female followed by deworming programme which is similar for each that give reason of being no signi cant difference in prevalence of parasitic infections among males and females could be detected (Maharana et al, 2016) [18]. Sex wise percentage (%) based on species is summarised in [Fig 2].…”