Prevalence of Gastrointestinal Helminths in Exotic and Indigenous Goats Slaughtered in Selected Abattoirs in Port Harcourt, South-South, Nigeria

Table 1

Species of helminths in exotic goats between the months of May 2008 and February 2009.

Parasite type			Nematodes								Cestodes			Trematodes
Months	Numbers examined	Numbers infected	Haemonchus	Strongyloides	Chabertia	Trichuris	Ostergia	Bunostomum	Trychostrongyloides	Ascaris	Tenia	Moniezia	Avitelina	Fasciola	Eurytrma	Gastrotylax	Schistosoma spp	Dicrocoelium
May	13	9	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	0
June	17	14	4	2	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	1
July	16	13	3	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	1	0	0
August	15	11	2	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1
September	14	10	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	1	0	0
Total	75	57 (76)	13 (17.3)	4 (5.3)	5 (6.6)	2 (2.6)	4 (5.3)	3 (4)	1 (1.3)	2 (2.6)	2 (2.6)	7 (9.3)	2 (2.6)	7 (9.3)	0	5 (6.6)	0	2 (2.6)