Research Article
Prevalence of Gastrointestinal Helminths in Exotic and Indigenous Goats Slaughtered in Selected Abattoirs in Port Harcourt,
South-South, Nigeria
Table 2
Species of helminthes obtained between the months of October 2008 and February 2009 from exotic goats.
| Parasite type | Nematodes | Cestodes | Trematodes | Name of abattoir | Numbers examined | Numbers infected | Haemonchus | Strongyloides | Chabertia | Trichuris | Ostergia | Bunostomum | Trychostrongyloides | Ascaris | Tenia | Moniezia | Avitelina | Fasciola | Eurytrma | Gastrotylax | Schistosoma spp | Dicrocoelium |
| October | 14 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | November | 16 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | December | 16 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | January | 17 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | February | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Total (%) | 78 | 55 (70.5) | 11 (17.1) | 5 (6.4) | 3 (3.8) | 3 (3.8) | 3 (3.8) | 3 (3.8) | 2 (2.5) | 2 (2.5) | 2 (2.5) | 8 (10.2) | 0 | 4 (5.1) | 0 | 3 (3.8) | 5 (6.4) | 1 (1.2) |
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