Table 2.
Incidence of gastrointestinal parasitic infections in bovines of south western Gujarat (Junagadh)
Animal | Total sample | Positive (%) | Parasite (%) | |||||||
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Eimeria spp. | Trichuris spp. | Toxocara vitulorum | Strongyle | Fasciola spp. | Amphistomes | Schistosoma indicum | Buxtonella sulcata | |||
Cattle | 88 | 40 (45.5) | 10 (11.4) | 1 (1.1) | 2 (2.3) | 4 (4.5) | 1 (1.1) | 3 (3.4) | 2 (2.3) | 17 (19.3) |
Buffalo | 106 | 46 (43.4) | 5 (4.7) | 1 (0.9) | 0 (0.0) | 3 (2.8) | 1 (0.9) | 6 (5.7) | 0 (0.0) | 30 (28.3) |
χ2 value | 0.083 | 2.978 | 0.018 | 2.243 | 0.407 | 0.018 | 0.551 | 2.434 | 2.114 | |
Over all | 194 | 86 (44.3) | 15 (7.7) | 2 (1.0) | 2 (1.0) | 7 (3.6) | 2 (1.0) | 9 (4.6) | 2 (1.0) | 47 (24.2) |