Research Article
Detection of Parasites and Parasitic Infections of Free-Ranging Wildlife on a Game Ranch in Zambia: A Challenge for Disease Control
Table 4
Helminthes isolated from different wildlife species.
| | Table Species | Animals | Organ examined | Helminth Species | No infected | Percentage |
| | Defassa waterbuck (Kobus ellipsiprymnus) | 8 | Large intestines | Oesophagosotomum spp. | 6 | 75.0% |
| | Geater kudu (Tragelaphus strepsiceros) | 6 | liver | Stillesia hepatica | 4 | 66.7% |
| | Impala (Aepyceros melampus) |
6 | Small intestines | Gaigeria panchyselis, | 5 | 83.3% | | Large intestines | Oesophagostomun species, | 2 | 33.3% |
| | Kafue lechwe (Kobus leche kafuensis) |
8 | Liver | Fasciola gigantica | 8 | 100.0% | | Mesentery | Schistosoma spp. | 5 | 62.5% | | Peritoneum | Setaria species | 7 | 87.5% | | Rumen | Amphistoma spp., | 7 | 87.5% | | Parampistoma spp. | 7 | 87.5% | | Abomasum | Amphistoma spp., | 7 | 87.5% | | Small intestines | Gaigeria panchyselis, | 4 | 50.0% | | Borrostomum trignocephalum | 3 | 37.5 | | Large intestines | Trichuris spp., | 5 | 62.5% | | Oesophagostomum species | 7 | 87.5% |
| | Puku (Kobus vardoni) |
6 | liver | Stillesia hepatica | 4 | 66.7% | | Large intestines | Oesophagostomum species | 4 | 66.7% |
| | Sable antelope (Hippotragus niger) | 2 | Small intestines | Gaigera pachyscelis | 2 | 100.0% |
| | Tsessebe (Damaliscus lunatus) | 2 | Small intestines | Gaigera pachyscelis | 2 | 100.0% |
| | Warthogs (Phacochoerus aethiopicus) |
4 | Lage intestines | Oesophagosotomum spp., | 2 | 50.0% | | Trichuris species, | 3 | 75.0% | | Trichostrongylus species | 3 | 75.0% |
| | Wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus) | 6 | Rumen | Paramphystomes | 4 | 66.7% |
| | Zebra (Equus burchelli) |
8 | Ceacum, | Gastrodiscus aegyptiacus, | 5 | 62.5% | | Stelizia species | 3 | 37.5% | | Gastrophilus meridionatis | 4 | 50.0% | | Large intestines | Oesophagostomum spp. | 7 | 87.5% | | Strongylus equinus | 4 | 50.0% | | Strongylus vulgaris | 4 | 50.0% | | Small intestines | Anaplocephala perfoliata | 6 | 75.0% |
| | Totals | 56 | | | | |
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