Effect of non-genetic factors on the prevalence of Stilesia globipunctata in the goat-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Effect of non-genetic factors on the prevalence of Stilesia globipunctata in the goat

Published:2016-03-26 Issue:2 Volume:53 Page:186-190
ISSN:1336-9083
Container-title:Helminthologia
language:en
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Author:

Sankar M.¹,Bhatt M.¹,Gowane G. R.¹,Narayanan K.²,Kumar M.³,Zahid A. K.⁴,Saravanan B. C.²,Allie I.⁴,Subramani K. V.¹,Sharma A. K.¹,Prasad A.²

Affiliation:

1. Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Mukteswar, India

2. Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar, India

3. National Institute of High Security Animal Diseases, Bhopal, India

4. Sher-E-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir, Srinagar, India

Abstract

Summary Despite its high prevalence and pathogenicity, Stilesia globipunctata is a neglected cestode infection of ruminants in the tropics and sub-tropics. The present study reports the effect of sex, age, year and month on the prevalence of S. globipunctata in the goat. A total of 5208 eviscerated intestines of the goat carcasses were screened for a period of seven years, from January 2001 to December 2007. The overall prevalence of 36.6 % was significantly affected by the factors studied (P<0.05). Male goats were more susceptible to the S. globipunctata infection than that of female (P<0.05). Goat aged between 6 months and 1 year were found to be significantly more susceptible (P<0.05) which was followed by animals between 1 and 4 years of age and then more than 4 years of age. Morbidity was high (59 to 86 %) in animals of less than one year of age. The striking observation was that the prevalence peaked during monsoon and at nadir in May.

Publisher

Walter de Gruyter GmbH

Subject

Animal Science and Zoology,Parasitology

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