title: Occurrence of gastrointestinal parasites in goat kids.
abstract: Fecal samples from male and female goat kids, of different breeds and up to one year of age, were analyzed to determine egg and oocyst counts per gram of feces (EPG and OPG, respectively), and fecal culturing was performed to identify nematode genera. Helminth eggs and Eimeria spp. oocysts were found in 93.06% (188/202) and 77.22% (156/202) of the fecal samples, respectively. From fecal cultures, the following genera were identified: Cooperia in 11.88% (24/202), Haemonchus in 51.98% (105/202), Oesophagostomum in 9.4% (19/202), Strongyloides in 5.94 (12/202) and Trichostrongylus in 20.79% (42/202) of the samples. The Eimeria species found were E. alijevi in 25.24% (51/202), E. arloingi in 7.42% (15/202), E. caprina in 2.97% (6/202), E. caprovina in 10.39% (21/202), E. christenseni in 4.45% (9/202), E. joklchijevi in 11.38% (23/202), E. hirci in 9.4% (19/202) and E. ninakohlyakimovae in 28.71% (58/202) samples. Among the gastrointestinal parasites, the genus Haemonchus and two Eimeria species (E. ninakohlyakimovae and E. alijevi) were predominants.
authors.affiliation: Department of Preventive Veterinary Medicine, School of Veterinary and Agrarian Sciences, Universidade Estadual Paulista-UNESP, Via de Acesso Prof. Paulo Donato Castellane, São Paulo, Brazil. willianmarinho@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Willian Marinho Dourado
authors.initials: WM
authors.lastname: Coelho
authors.forename: Alessandro Francisco Talamini
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: do Amarante
authors.forename: Katia Denise Saraiva
authors.initials: KD
authors.lastname: Bresciani
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000818:Animals; D001938:Brazil; D005260:Female; D005767:Gastrointestinal Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*; D015511:Goat Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000469:parasitology*; D006041:Goats / Q000469:parasitology*; D006374:Helminthiasis, Animal / Q000453:epidemiology*; D007411:Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D008297:Male; D011529:Protozoan Infections, Animal / Q000453:epidemiology*