Occurrence of parasitic infection in small ruminants from various farms in Perak, Malaysia
2020
Nurulaini R. | Azizah D. | Lily Rozita M. H. | Debbra M. | Azima Laili H. | Erwanas A. I. | Adnan M. | Chee, W. K.
This is a retrospective study reporting on the occurrence of parasitic infection in goat and sheep in Perak, Malaysia. The parasitic infections were caused by blood parasites and/or intestinal parasites. In 2016, a total of 596 samples were received in which 243 blood samples and 151 faecal samples were from goat whereas 164 blood samples and 38 faecal samples were collected from sheep. The blood samples were subjected to thin blood smear examination in order to determine the presence of blood protozoa while faecal samples were subjected to the McMaster faecal egg counting method to estimate the load of helminth eggs. There were three types of intestinal parasites found in this study namely coccidia, strongyles and Moniezia sp. whereas Theileria sp. were the only blood parasites detected in both animals. Generally, the percentage of parasitic infection was higher in goats (87.2%) as compared to sheep (68.3%). It was found that there was a high significant difference (p<0.05) in intestinal and blood parasites between goat and sheep. This study showed that the positive cases of parasitic infection were greater in goat than in sheep. As a conclusion, it was also found that goat was more vulnerable to intestinal parasites than blood parasites compared to sheep.
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