A Survey of Seasonal Gastrointestinal Parasitic Infections in Donkeys from a Semiarid Sub-Saharan Region, Sudan

Table 4

Monthly mean worm count ± SEM of parasites recovered from caecum of necropsied donkeys.

Months	Large strongyle species	Cyathostomum spp.	Gastrodiscus aegyptiacus
January	143.2 ± 59.6	20.3 ± 15.4	0
February	265.3 ± 62.2	104 ± 41.7	0
March	177.6 ± 73.3	152.5 ± 77.5	0
April	152.5 ± 82.4	24 ± 16	0
May	194.9 ± 70.2	367.7 ± 155.6	0
June	373.2 ± 83.5	1012.7 ± 611	0
July	272.6 ± 159.5	57 ± 10	1470
August	705.3 ± 160.7	368.6 ± 91.1	0
September	314.4 ± 167	72.7 ± 70.1	45 ± 33
October	314.8 ± 60.1	38.8 ± 27.9	5
November	126.4 ± 41.9	37.8 ± 12.8	0
December	1272.2 ± 936.5	468.3 ± 173.6	0
Overall	357.6 ± 76.1	293.7 ± 85.1	391.3 ± 360