Research Article

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

Table 5

Percentage of cattle belonging to different study areas with different GI parasitic infections.

LocationPercentage of infected cattlePercentage of cattle infected with GI parasites ()
CoccidiaBunostomumTrichurisParamphistomumMoniezia

Welisara9.3236.369.0936.360.009.09
(N=118)(n=11)(n=4)(n=1)(n=4)(n=0)(n=1)

Ganemulla(n=0)0.000.000.000.000.00
(N=10)(n=0)(n=0)(n=0)(n=0)(n=0)

Kelaniya31.439.099.0936.3645.450.00
(N=35)(n=11)(n=1)(n=1)(n=4)(n=5)(n=0)

Note: Different superscript letters in the column show significant differences (P< 0.05) indicated by Tukey’s pairwise tests after GLM.