Risk Factors Associated with the Occurrence of Gastrointestinal Helminths among Indigenous Donkeys (Equus asinus) in Northeastern Nigeria

<table class="table-group" id="tab3"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">Nematodes</td><td class="align_center">Number of positives</td><td class="align_center">Relative frequency (%)</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Strongyle</td><td class="align_center">282</td><td class="align_center">47.8</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Parascaris equorum</td><td class="align_center">88</td><td class="align_center">14.9</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Oxyuris equi</td><td class="align_center">32</td><td class="align_center">5.4</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Strongyle + Parascaris equorum</td><td class="align_center">115</td><td class="align_center">19.5</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Strongyle + Oxyuris equi</td><td class="align_center">34</td><td class="align_center">5.8</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Strongyle + Parascaris equorum + Oxyuris equi</td><td class="align_center">39</td><td class="align_center">6.6</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Overall</td><td class="align_center">590</td><td class="align_center">100</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="3"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

The relative proportion of gastrointestinal nematode parasites of donkeys (Equus asinus) in northeastern Nigeria.

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Table 3: Risk Factors Associated with the Occurrence of Gastrointestinal Helminths among Indigenous Donkeys (Equus asinus) in Northeastern Nigeria