Table 2.
Prevalence and arithmetic mean egg counts (range) of gastrointestinal helminths in the faeces of naturally infected goats of different sex and age groups using Mini-FLOTAC technique
| All animals | Sex | Age | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| male | female | young | adult | ||
| Prevalence of the infection | |||||
| No. of the tested goats | 478 | 50 | 428 | 118 | 360 |
| No. (%) of the infected goats | 394 (82.4) | 36 (72) | 358 (83.7) | 89 (75.4) | 305 (84.7) |
| Strongyles | 392 (82) | 36 (72) | 356 (83.2) | 89 (75.4) | 303 (84.2) |
| Strongyles + Strongyloides papillosus | 20 (4.2) | 4 (8) | 16 (3.7) | 4 (3.4) | 16 (4.4) |
| Strongyles + Moniezia spp. | 23 (4.8) | 2 (4) | 21 (4.9) | 10 (8.5) | 13 (3.6) |
| Infection with the three | 3 (0.6) | 0 (0) | 3 (0.7) | 0 (0) | 3 (0.8) |
| Moniezia spp. | 2 (0.4) | 0 (0) | 2 (0.5) | 0 (0) | 2 (0.6) |
| Goats shedding ≥500 strongyle epg | 251 (52.5) | 21 (42) | 230 (53.7) | 58 (49.2) | 193 (53.6) |
| Egg count/gram of positive faeces | |||||
| Strongyles | 1842 (20–31,040) | 2325 (40–31,040) | 1793 (20–22,080) | 1786 (40–31,040) | 1858 (20–22,080) |
| Strongyloides papillosus | 332 (10–1600) | 53 (10–80) | 391 (40–1600) | 53 (10–80) | 391 (40–1600) |