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

Table 2

Parasite-wise prevalence of GI parasites in cows and buffaloes.

Parasite and stage	Cows	Buffaloes	Overall
	(N=147)	(N=16)	(N=163)
Bunostomum eggs	1.36% (n=2)	0% (n=0)	1.23% (n=2)
Trichuris eggs	4.76% (n=7)	12.25% (n=2)	5.52% (n=9)
Paramphistomum eggs	1.36% (n=2)	18.75% (n=3)	3.07% (n=5)
Moniezia eggs	0.68% (n=1)	-	0.61% (n=1)
Coccidians oocysts	3.40% (n=5)	-	3.07% (n=5)