Table 4.
Helminthes isolated from different wildlife species.
| Table Species | Animals | Organ examined | Helminth Species | No infected | Percentage |
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| Defassa waterbuck (Kobus ellipsiprymnus) | 8 | Large intestines | Oesophagosotomum spp. | 6 | 75.0% |
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| Geater kudu (Tragelaphus strepsiceros) | 6 | liver | Stillesia hepatica | 4 | 66.7% |
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| Impala (Aepyceros melampus) | 6 | Small intestines | Gaigeria panchyselis, | 5 | 83.3% |
| Large intestines | Oesophagostomun species, | 2 | 33.3% | ||
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| Kafue lechwe (Kobus leche kafuensis) | 8 | Liver | Fasciola gigantica | 8 | 100.0% |
| Mesentery | Schistosoma spp. | 5 | 62.5% | ||
| Peritoneum | Setaria species | 7 | 87.5% | ||
| Rumen | Amphistoma spp., | 7 | 87.5% | ||
| Parampistoma spp. | 7 | 87.5% | |||
| Abomasum | Amphistoma spp., | 7 | 87.5% | ||
| Small intestines | Gaigeria panchyselis, | 4 | 50.0% | ||
| Borrostomum trignocephalum | 3 | 37.5 | |||
| Large intestines | Trichuris spp., | 5 | 62.5% | ||
| Oesophagostomum species | 7 | 87.5% | |||
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| Puku (Kobus vardoni) | 6 | liver | Stillesia hepatica | 4 | 66.7% |
| Large intestines | Oesophagostomum species | 4 | 66.7% | ||
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| Sable antelope (Hippotragus niger) | 2 | Small intestines | Gaigera pachyscelis | 2 | 100.0% |
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| Tsessebe (Damaliscus lunatus) | 2 | Small intestines | Gaigera pachyscelis | 2 | 100.0% |
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| Warthogs (Phacochoerus aethiopicus) | 4 | Lage intestines | Oesophagosotomum spp., | 2 | 50.0% |
| Trichuris species, | 3 | 75.0% | |||
| Trichostrongylus species | 3 | 75.0% | |||
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| Wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus) | 6 | Rumen | Paramphystomes | 4 | 66.7% |
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| Zebra (Equus burchelli) | 8 | Ceacum, | Gastrodiscus aegyptiacus, | 5 | 62.5% |
| Stelizia species | 3 | 37.5% | |||
| Gastrophilus meridionatis | 4 | 50.0% | |||
| Large intestines | Oesophagostomum spp. | 7 | 87.5% | ||
| Strongylus equinus | 4 | 50.0% | |||
| Strongylus vulgaris | 4 | 50.0% | |||
| Small intestines | Anaplocephala perfoliata | 6 | 75.0% | ||
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| Totals | 56 | ||||