The Indian Journal of Field Veterinarians
Open Access
  • Year: 2010
  • Volume: 5
  • Issue: 4

Gastro-Intestinal Parasites of Stray Pigs in and Around Nagpur City

  • Author:
  • G.N. Bhangale, M.U. Bendre, M.S. Barbadikar, P.D. Jumde, D.K. Maske
  • Total Page Count: 2
  • Page Number: 25 to 26

Department of Parasitology, Nagpur Veterinary College, MAFSU, Nagpur-44006.

Abstract

Fecal samples of 74 stray pigs were examined by standard procedures.The overall infection rate was 83.78 per cent. The eggs/ova/larvae of Oesophagostomum sp. (20.27%), Ascaris sp. (35.13%), Fasciolopsis buski (13.51%), Trichuris sp. (8.10%), and Taenia sp. (4.05%) were recorded. The cysts and oocysts of Eimeria sp. (14.86%) and Balantidium coli (58.10%) were also observed.

Keywords

Gastro-intestinal parasites, Helminths, Stray pigs, Fasciolopsis buski, Balantidium coli