Internal Parasites of Pigs and Worm Control Practices in Bamboutos, Western Highlands of Cameroon

Table 3

Distribution of pig herds according to disease control practices in Bamboutos, Cameroon.

Practices	Number of studied herds	Herds undergoing disease control practices
		n	%
Prophylaxis program exists	50	49	98
Vaccination is done	49	48	98.0
Animal health caretaker is
a veterinarian	50	32	64.0
the farmer himself	50	13	26.0
both	50	5	10.0
Drug type
Conventional alone	50	44	88.0
Ethno-veterinary alone	50	0	0
Both	50	6	12.0
Treatment frequency per year
≤3	50	33	66.0
> 3	50	17	34.0
mean±sd	50	3.82±5.17