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. 2022 Jun 1;11(6):640. doi: 10.3390/pathogens11060640

Table 3.

Genera/species of gastrointestinal parasitic nematodes and prevalence recorded in cattle and small ruminants in countries with different climate conditions.

Host Nematode/Prevalence Place Climatic Features Author
Cattle Haemonchus spp., Oesophagostomum spp., Trichostrongylus spp.,
Overall prevalence = 42.33%
Bisofu, Oromia, Ethiopia warm semi-arid [83]
Haemonchus spp., Ostertagia spp.
Overall prevalence = 23.34%
Mosul city, Irak warm semi-arid [84]
Strongylidae order = 16.5%
Strongyloides 3.8%
Colombian Northeastern Mountain, Colombia Tropical rainforest [85]
Ostertagia ostertagi = 41.42% Germany Temperate [86]
Strongyloides spp. = 16.36%
Trichuris spp. = 22.73%
Kalasin province, Thailand Tropical savanna [87]
Sheep Chabertia ovina, Trichuris ovis, Trichostrongylus spp., H. contortus and Oesophagostomum spp. Overall prevalence = 36.82% Assam, India Tropics [88]
Strongylidae order = 31.9%; Strongyloides spp. = 3.1% and Trichuris spp. = 2.06% Colombian Northeastern Mountain, Colombia Tropical rainforest [85]
Goats Trichostrongylus spp., Haemonchus spp. Overall = 88.9% Coahuila and Nuevo León, (Northeastern Mexico) Semi-arid [89]
H. contortus = 97.4% Maseru, Leshoto, Africa Mild, warm and temperate [90]
H. contortus = 47.1% Bangladesh Tropics [91]
T. colubriformis, H. contortus, Teladorsagia spp., Oesophagostomum spp., Trichuris spp., Nematodirus spathiger and Cooperia curticei
(The whole gastrointestinal tracts of goats at necropsy resulted positive to parasitic nematodes)
Northwest Arkansas, Fayetteville,
USA
Warm and temperate [92]