Table 4.
Mean burden of adult strongyle species recovered by through postmortem
| Species of strongyle | Sheep | Goats | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wet season (n = 9) | Dry season (n = 11) | Wet season (n = 15) | Dry season (n = 10) | |
| Haemonchus contortus | 1,522.9 | 2,651.3 | 1,306.4 | 875.1 |
| Trichostrongylus axei | 5,004.0 | 3,103.7 | 2,762.5 | 1,150.4 |
| T. colubriformis | 3,857.1 | 2,428.6 | 2,363.6 | 4,407.2 |
| T. probolurus | 193.6 | – | – | – |
| Bunostomum trigonocephalum | 144.0 | 105.2 | 142.5 | 1,918.2 |
| Oesophagostomum columbianum | 71.3 | 238.4 | 117.8 | 34.7 |
| T. ovis | 38.3 | 10.6 | 13.4 | 6.8 |
| Teladorsagia spp | 4,603.8 | 4,375 | – | 1,487 |
| S. papillosus | 276.6 | – | – | – |