Internal Parasites of Pigs and Worm Control Practices in Bamboutos, Western Highlands of Cameroon
Table 5
Effect of disease control practices on parasite prevalence (%) and load (mean epg/opg) in pigs in Bamboutos, Cameroon.
Control practices
Strongylid parasites
Coccidia
Strongyloides ransomi
Overall infestation
n (%)
Mean ± Sd
n (%)
Mean ± Sd
n (%)
Mean ± Sd
n (%)
Mean ± Sd
Prophylaxis program exists
Yes
185 (58.5)
103.8±135.1
84 (26.6)
96.4±174.4
78
62.8±42.2
235 (74.4)
225.± 1072.2
No
5 (62.5)
150.0±122.5
3 (37.5)
66.7±76.4
6
50.0±0.0
7 (87.5)
325.± 358.6
Vaccination
Yes
182 (58.1)
104.7±136.0
82 (26.2)
536.6±1915.5
78 (24.9)
-
232(74.1)
226.6± 1077.3
No
3 (100)
50.0±0.0
2 (66.7)
50.0±0.0
0 (0.0)
-
3 (100)
100.0± 50.0
Health caretaker
Veterinarian
128 (61.5)
100.0±94.5
63
547.6±1986.3
57 (27.4)
63.2±44.8
158 (76.0)
256.9± 1167.3
Farmer
48 (59.3)
111.5±213.2
12
675.0±2149.4
19 (23.5)
63.2±36.7
56 (69.1)
190.1± 986.9
Both
14 (40.0)
128.6±105.1
12
200.0±330.9
8 (22.9)
50.0±0.0
28 (80.0)
141.4± 275.8
Annual treatment frequency
≤than 3
117 (56.0)
91.9±96.0
57 (27.3)
73.7±103.
61
59.0±28.1
157 (75.1)
100.9± 130.9
>3
73 (63.25)
126.0±178.9
30 (26.1)
1360.0±3023.
23
69.6±63.5
85 (73.9)
458.3± 1752.4
epg/opg= egg/oocyst per gram of feces; Sd = standard deviation. values with similar superscripts for a given practice within a column are significantly different (p<0.05). : for overall infestation, the “n” represents the number of animals infested by at least one parasite species.
