Structural, species and age assessment of helminths of the class Trematoda Rudolphi, 1808 in sheep of the karachai breed in the Central Caucasus region

Abstract

The species composition of helminths of the class Trematoda Rudolphi, 1808 was studied in sheep of the Karachay rough-haired breed in Kabardino-Balkaria, which is represented by 7 types of helminths: Fasciola hepatica, Dicrocoelium lanceatum, Paramphistomum cervi, P. ichikawai, Liorchis scotiae, Calicophorum calicophorum, Eurytrema pancreaticum. These species met with an extensive invasion, respectively 16,67 %, 40,00 %, 20,00 %, 16,67 %, 13,33 %, 20,00 % and 6.67 % and the intensity of the invasion from 8 to 312 copies / head.