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

Table 5

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

Months	Large strongyle species	Cyathostomum spp.	Gastrodiscus aegyptiacus
January	144.3 ± 33.6	241.3 ± 101.8	0
February	463.4 ± 147.3	1366.7 ± 574.7	0
March	160 ± 73.8	173.5 ± 112.9	0
April	170.8 ± 63.8	335 ± 118.6	0
May	410.2 ± 221.6	2357.6 ± 1012.7	9
June	1073 ± 934.6	1153.9 ± 504.7	2460
July	272.7 ± 189	620 ± 580	2350
August	4106.6 ± 2579.2	5768.5 ± 3138.7	0
September	139.6 ± 49.6	1606.3 ± 1383	207.7 ± 147.5
October	2412.9 ± 2084.9	2350.8 ± 1094.1	5 ± 2
November	163.6 ± 29.6	1270.8 ± 651.2	0
December	1272.2 ± 936.5	468.3 ± 173.6	0
Overall	1038.4 ± 392.5	1739.1 ± 394.5	681.3 ± 380.8