Prevalence of Gastrointestinal Helminthiasis in Horses and Donkeys of Hawassa District, Southern Ethiopia

Table 2

Distribution of species of GI helminths identified from donkeys and horses.

Parasites species	Species of animal
	Donkeys (n = 112)		Horses (n = 102)
	No. of positives	Prevalence (%)	No. of positives	Prevalence (%)
Strongyle species.	74	66	46	45.1
Parascaris equorum	39	34.8	15	14.7
Strongyloides westeri	56	50	20	19.6
Oxyuris equi	10	8.9	10	9.8
Dictyocaulus arnfieldi	4	3.5	0	0.0
Anoplocephala perfoliata	18	16.1	16	15.7
Fasciola hepatica	5	4.5	14	13.7
Gastrodiscus species	5	4.5	7	6.8