Table 4.

Distribution of pig herds according to type of drug used and parasites present on farm in Bamboutos, Cameroon.

Parasite	Drug
	Iver	Dew∗	Meb	Lev	Ver†	Alb	M+L	A+L	A+L+M
	N=18	N=10	N=8	N=2	N=4	N=4	N=1	N=1	N=1
Strongylid parasites	18(100.0)	10 (100.0)	8(100.0)	2(100.0)	4(100.0)	4(100.0)	1(100.0)	1(100.0)	1(100.0)
Coccidia	3(16.7)	2(20.0)	2(25.0)	1(50.0)	0(0.0)	0(0.0)	1(100.0)	0(0.0)	0(0.0)
Strongyloides ransomi	13(72.2)	8(80.0)	4(50.0)	0(0.0)	2(50.0)	1(25.0)	1(100.0)	0(0.0)	1 (100.0)
Ascaris suum	3(16.7)	3 (30.0)	1(12.5)	0(0.0)	0(0.0)	1(25.0)	0(0.0)	0(0.0)	0(0.0)
Metastrongylus sp	0(0.0)	0(0.0)	1(12.5)	1(50.0)	0(0.0)	0(0.0)	1(100.0)	0(0.0)	0(0.0)
Trichuris suis	2 (11.1)	0(0.0)	0(0.00	0(0.0)	0(0.0)	0(0.0)	0(0.0)	0(0.0)	0(0.0)
Macracanthorhynchus hirudinaceus	1(5.6)	0(0.0)	0(0.0)	0(0.0)	0(0.0)	0(0.0)	0(0.0)	0(0.0)	0(0.0)

N= number of herds using a particular drug; Iver= Ivermectin; Meb= Mebendazole; Lev= Levamisole; Ver= Vermexin; Alb= Albendazole; M+L= Mebenzole+Levamizole; A+L= Albendazole+ Levamisole; A+L+M= Albendazole+Levamisole+Mebendazole. Dew= dewormer. ∗: farmers used dewormers but could not recall their identities. †: Vermexin belongs to the Benzimidazole class of anthelmintic drugs.