[The prevalence of gastro-intestinal nematodes in hair goats of the Sanliurfa region].
The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of gastro-intestinal nematodes in hair goats in Sanliurfa region between November 2005 and November 2006. During this period, the alimentary canal from 1 or 2 goats was obtained from the municipal slaughterhouse each week. These were brought into the laboratory and examined for the presence of nematodes. Gastro-intestinal tracts of 100 hair goats were examined. Of these, 83 (83%) were found infected with nematodes. Twenty nematode species were identified in hair goats. A total of 7641 nematodes were collected from infected hair goats. The average number of parasites for each animal was 92.06. The number of nematodes species was found to range from 1-6 in infected hair goats. The listing of 12 nematode species detected, according to their prevalence, was as follows; Marshallagia marshalli (54.21%), Teladorsagia circumcincta (72.40%), T. trifurcata (45.78%), T. occidentalis (14.45%), Haemonchus contortus (39.79%), Gongylonema pulchrum (32.53%), Nematodirus spathiger (33.73%), N. filicollis (13.25%), Trichostrongylus vitrinus (13.25%), Chabertia ovina (25.30%), Trichuris ovis (22.88%) and T. skrjabini (34.93%).
Harran Universitesi, Veteriner Fakültesi, Parazitoloji Anabilim Dali, Sanliurfa, Turkey. mgaltas@harran.edu.tr
Mehtap Gül
MG
Altaş
Murat
M
Sevgili
Ahmet
A
Gökçen
Nursel
N
Aksin
Hüseyin Cahit
HC
Bayburs
D000003:Abattoirs; D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D041981:Gastrointestinal Tract / Q000469:parasitology; D015511:Goat Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000469:parasitology; D006041:Goats; D007411:Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*; D008297:Male; D009348:Nematoda / Q000145:classification* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D009349:Nematode Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*; D015995:Prevalence; D014421:Turkey / Q000453:epidemiology