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Comparison of infestation of gastrointestinal helminth parasites in
locally available equines
in Peshawar,
Pakistan |
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Farzana Perveen* and
Muhammad Kashif |
Department of Zoology, Hazara University,
Garden Campus, Mansehra-21300, Pakistan |
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Abstract |
During
September-2010 to January-2011, the present research was conducted to
compare infestation of
gastrointestinal helminth parasites in
local equines
in different areas of
Peshawar, Pakistan.
For this purpose, 96 faecal samples of
E. ferus, 81 of
E.
asinus and 31 of E. mulus
were collected. In
E. ferus,
maximum Parascarum equirum (66.66%), minimum Delafondia
vulgaris larvae and Trichurus ovis (each 2.08%)
and no infestation of Alfortia edentata larvae were found.
In E.
asinus, maximum Parascarum equirum
(66.66%), minimum
Oxyuris equi
(2.46%)
and no infestation of Alfortia edentata larvae,
Anoplocephala sp. and Trichurus ovis were found. In
E. mulus, maximum Parascarum equirum
(61.29%), minimum Apophalus
donicus, Delafondia vulgaris larvae and
Oxyuris equi
(each 3.22%),
and no infestation of Alfortia edentata larvae and
Trichurus ovis were found.
When compared three equines,
E. ferus was found the
most significantly affected on the bases of number and types of
gastrointestinal helminth
parasites. The young stages equines, those were highly effective
to gastrointestinal helminth parasites have more stunted growth.
This study shows that working equines
in Pakistan are
infected with middle to low range of gastrointestinal
helminth parasites.
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Keywords:
Equines,
Equus asinus,
Equus ferus caballus,
Equus
mulus,
gastrointestinal
helminth
parasites,
hinny,
infestation,
mule,
Peshawar |
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To cite this article:
Perveen F and M Kashif,
2012
Comparison of infestation of gastrointestinal helminth parasites in
locally available equines
in Peshawar,
Pakistan.
Res.
Opin. Anim. Vet. Sci., 2(6), 412-417. |
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