Prevalence of gastrointestinal parasites in small ruminants in Udgir area of Marathwada

Fecal examination of 753 sheep and 740 goats, revealed Strongyles sp, Strongyloides sp, Trichuris sp, Moniezia expansa, Moniezia benedeni, Eimeria sp, mixed infection. The overall prevalence of parasites was observed as 52.32% in sheep and 51.89% in goats. In case of sheep & goats peak infection observed in monsoon followed by winter & lowest during the summer. Age-wise analysis of gastrointestinal parasitic infections in sheep (57.30%, 56.68%, and 50.09%) and goat (45.00%, 48.25%, 54.32%) of all ages showed non-significant slight variation trends of infection in kid, young and adults age group respectively. Sex-wise analysis higher infection was recorded in males than females. Breed-wise analysis for gastrointestinal parasitic infection in sheep and goat showed slight variation in prevalence of parasites which was non-significant. Osmanabadi and Non-descript goats hold the infection of 52.89% and 48.93% respectively. In sheep infection of 52.57% observed in Deccani and Non-descript showed 52.57% of infection.