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

Table 2

Species of helminthes obtained between the months of October 2008 and February 2009 from exotic goats.

Parasite type			Nematodes								Cestodes			Trematodes
Name of abattoir	Numbers examined	Numbers infected	Haemonchus	Strongyloides	Chabertia	Trichuris	Ostergia	Bunostomum	Trychostrongyloides	Ascaris	Tenia	Moniezia	Avitelina	Fasciola	Eurytrma	Gastrotylax	Schistosoma spp	Dicrocoelium
October	14	9	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1
November	16	12	2	0	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	1	1	0
December	16	10	2	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0
January	17	13	2	2	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	2	0	1	0	1	1	0
February	15	11	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	1	0
Total (%)	78	55 (70.5)	11 (17.1)	5 (6.4)	3 (3.8)	3 (3.8)	3 (3.8)	3 (3.8)	2 (2.5)	2 (2.5)	2 (2.5)	8 (10.2)	0	4 (5.1)	0	3 (3.8)	5 (6.4)	1 (1.2)