1Department of Veterinary Parasitology, Faculty of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, University W.B. of Animal and Fishery Sciences, 37, K.B. Sarani, Belgachia, Kolkata – 700 037, West Bengal.
2Department of Veterinary Anatomy and Histology, Faculty of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, W.B. University of Animal and Fishery Sciences, 37, K.B. Sarani, Belgachia, Kolkata – 700 037, West Bengal.
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The major pathogenic effect of gastrointestinal (GI) nematodosis is caused due to the protein loosing gastroenteropathy and blood sucking habit of some nematodes. The impact of gastrointestinal nematodosis on serum biochemical parameters was determined in Garole sheep under field conditions. Thirty sheep having natural infection of Haemonchus, Oesophagostomum, Trichostrongylus, Strongyloides, hookworm and Trichuris spp. were randomly divided into two equal groups, one group was kept nematode free by tactical treatment with Ivermectin @ 0.2 mg kg−1 body weight subcutaneously and the other group was kept untreated for allowing them to harbour the naturally acquired infections. Serum minerals concentration like iron (Fe), calcium (Ca), inorganic phosphorus (P) and blood glucose level in both the groups were estimated once prior to the first anthelmintic treatment and thereafter on 10th, 40th and 70th day post treatment (DPT). The nematode infected sheep had significantly lower values of serum Ca and P from 40 DPT and serum iron and glucose from 10 DPT onwards compared to the nematode free group of sheep.
Garole, Gastrointestinal nematodosis, Serum biochemistry, Sheep
