Prevalence and Intensity of Gastrointestinal Parasites in Donkeys in Selected Abattoirs in Kenya

Table 1

Infection intensity ranges and means ± standard error of the mean of helminth eggs, cysts, and oocysts recovered from the fecal samples of donkeys (n = 282).

Identity of the eggs/cysts	Intensity ranges	Mean ± standard error of the mean	Prevalence (%)
Cestode spp.	0–100	0.35 ± .355	0.4
Coccidia spp.	0–500	3.90 ± 2.027	2.1
Giardia spp.	0–400	2.13 ± 1.584	0.4
Habronema spp.	0–100	0.71 ± .501	0.7
Oxyuris equi	0–300	2.13 ± 1.323	1.1
Parascaris equorum	0–500	13.12 ± 3.660	5.3
Strongyle eggs	0–1900	136.52 ± 14.153	44.7
Triondontophorus tenuicolis	0–100	0.71 ± .501	0.7