Table-2.
Seasonal prevalence of intestinal and haemoprotozoan parasites in sheep and goats.
| Season | Intestinal parasites | Blood parasites | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sheep | Goats | Sheep | Goats | |||||||||
| Number of faecal samples examined | Number of positive (%) | χ2 value | Number of faecal samples examined | Number of positive (%) | χ2 value | Number of blood smears examined | Number of positive (%) | χ2 value | Number of blood smears examined | Number of positive (%) | χ2 value | |
| Summer | 56 | 29 (51) | 14.9** | 79 | 9 (11) | 25.6** | 80 | 22 (28) | 32.5** | 72 | 6 (8) | 8.40* |
| Monsoon | 97 | 79 (81) | 146 | 65 (45) | 66 | 1 (2) | 116 | 1 (1) | ||||
| Winter | 98 | 68 (69) | 154 | 57 (37) | 96 | 4 (4) | 124 | 3 (2.4) | ||||
**
Value with similar superscript in a column is highly significant (p>0.01)