Table 3.
Seasonal incidence of parasitic infections in bovines of south western Gujarat (Junagadh)
| Season | Gastrointestinal parasitic infections | Haemoprotozoan infections | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cattle | Buffalo | Cattle | Buffalo | ||||||
| Name | Months | Total sample | Positive (%) | Total sample | Positive (%) | Total sample | Positive (%) | Total sample | Positive (%) |
| Winter | Dec–Feb | 12 | 7 (8.0) | 15 | 5 (4.7) | 10 | 2 (20.0) | 11 | 0 (0.0) |
| Spring | March–April | 7 | 2 (2.3) | 10 | 3 (2.8) | 8 | 2 (25.0) | 8 | 0 (0.0) |
| Summer | May–June | 27 | 12 (13.6) | 30 | 18 (17.0) | 19 | 11 (57.9) | 7 | 1 (14.3) |
| Rainy | July–Sept | 20 | 9 (10.2) | 21 | 11 (10.4) | 35 | 25 (71.4) | 31 | 16 (51.6) |
| Autumn | Oct–Nov | 22 | 10 (11.4) | 30 | 9 (8.5) | 15 | 11 (73.3) | 28 | 18 (64.3) |
| χ2 value | 1.620 | 7.598 | 13.587* | 22.957** | |||||
| Over all | 88 | 40 (45.5) | 106 | 46 (43.4) | 87 | 51 (58.6) | 85 | 35 (41.2) | |
* p < 0.01
** p < 0.001