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Prevalence of Trichostrongyle eggs infecting sheep and goats in Dakahlia Governorate, Egypt

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Gastrointestinal nematodes, principally those of family trichostrongylidae are considered one of the most important parasitic diseases allover the world, that causing significant drop of small ruminants productivity. This study was performed from October 2017 to September 2018 in 5 centers geographically located in and around Dakahlia governorate, Egypt. Faecal samples were examined using modified wisconsin technique. Examination of 455 faecal samples from sheep and goats revealed an overall incidence of 28.5% (130 out of 455). Sheep is found more affected by trichostrongyles (33.23%) than goats (14.78%). The highest infection rate of trichostrongyle eggs was recorded in El Mahella -Elkubra (92.5% and 27.8% in sheep and goats, respectively) while, the lowest infection rate was detected in Biyala city (10% and 0% in sheep and goats, respectively). Females are found more infected than males and young ages are found more infected than older ones in both examined sheep and goats. Regarding the seasonal fluctuation; the infection rate in sheep reached at its maximum level during Winter (57.1%) while in goats was during Summer (18.7%).

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10.21608/evmspj.2018.35969

Keywords

Trichostrongyles, prevalence, Sheep and goats, Dakahlia Governorate, Egypt

Authors

First Name

Rana

Last Name

Elseadawy

MiddleName

Magdy

Affiliation

Parasitology Department, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Mansoura university

Email

rana_elsedawy@mans.edu.eg

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Mansoura

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First Name

Mostafa

Last Name

Alaraby

MiddleName

AbdElsalam

Affiliation

Parasitology Departement,Faculty of veterinary Medicine,Mansoura University

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alarabyma@yahoo.com

City

Mansoura

Orcid

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First Name

Ibrahim

Last Name

Abbas

MiddleName

Elsayed

Affiliation

Parasitology Departement,Faculty of veterinary Medicine,Mansoura University

Email

ielsyed@mans.edu.eg

City

Mansoura

Orcid

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First Name

Salah

Last Name

Abuelwafa

MiddleName

Ahmed

Affiliation

Parasitology Departement,Faculty of veterinary Medicine,Mansoura University

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ssabuelwafa@yahoo.com

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Mansoura

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14

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1

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5663

Issue Date

2018-12-01

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2018-06-19

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2018-12-01

Page Start

121

Page End

136

Print ISSN

1687-2274

Online ISSN

2682-3187

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EVMSPJ_Volume 14_Issue 1_Pages 121-136.pdf

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https://evmspj.journals.ekb.eg/article_35969.html

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Egyptian Veterinary Medical Society of Parasitology Journal (EVMSPJ)

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https://evmspj.journals.ekb.eg/

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Prevalence of Trichostrongyle eggs infecting sheep and goats in Dakahlia Governorate, Egypt

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22 Jan 2023