Point prevalence of gastrointestinal helminthiasis in buffaloes (Bubalus bubalis) at the vicinity of Jatoi, Punjab, Pakistan.

In the year 2009, a total of 500 faecal samples from buffaloes from different locations of Tehsil Muzaffar Garh were analyzed to confirm the presence of gastrointestinal parasitic infection. The recovered parasites were five nematodes and two trematodes. The nematodes were Toxocara vitulorum (16.6%), Oesophagostomum radiatum (3.2%), Bunostomum phlebotomum(1.6%), Cooperia spp. (1.6%), Trichostrongylus spp (0.8%). The two trematodes were Fasciola hepatica (8.4%), Paramphistomum cervi (15%). Age wise prevalence was 79.5% and 47% in buffalo calf and adult buffalo, respectively while sex wise prevalence was 78.4% and 50.93% in male and female buffalo, respectively. To know the dependence of helminth's prevalence on sex and age of animals, Chi-square statistical design was applied to data.