Research Article

Prevalence of Gastrointestinal Parasitic Infections and Assessment of Deworming Program among Cattle and Buffaloes in Gampaha District, Sri Lanka

Table 1

Percentage of GI parasitic infection rates among cattle at different treatment status.

Treatment statusPercentage of infected cattle ()P value  
(5 level of significance)

Treated (N=100)3 (n=3)0.01
Partially treated (N=33)15.15 (n=5)
Nontreated (N=30)46.67 (n=14)

Note: N = total number of cattle in the study population; n = number of infected cattle with GI parasites. Different superscript letters in the column indicate significant differences indicated by the General Linear Model (GLM) followed by Tukey’s pairwise comparison.