title: Epidemiological survey of helminths of goats in southern Punjab, Pakistan.
abstract: The main purpose of this study was to investigate the prevalence of helminths of goats such as Fasciola hepatica, Haemonchus contortus, Paramphistomum cervi, Oesophagostomum columbian, Cotylophoron cotylophorum, Monezia expansa, Oestertagia oestertagi and Oestertagia circumcincta. The overall prevalence of all species of helminthes was 52% in goat. The study was designed to investigate the factors of helminths prevalence on the basis of sex and age of goat with the help of Chi-square. All the results obtained were non-significant due to some factors which directly affects the prevalence of helminths.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Veterinary Sciences, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan. ayaz_phd@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Muhammad Mazhar
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Ayaz
authors.forename: Muhammad Asif
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Raza
authors.forename: Saeed
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Murtaza
authors.forename: Saleem
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Akhtar
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000818:Animals; D015511:Goat Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000469:parasitology*; D006041:Goats; D006374:Helminthiasis, Animal / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000469:parasitology*; D006376:Helminths / Q000145:classification* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D010154:Pakistan / Q000453:epidemiology; D015995:Prevalence; D012737:Sex Factors