<abstract xml:lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>A study was carried out to determine the prevalence of abomasal nematodes of sheep and goats slaughtered in Awassa town from January 2006 through June 2006 with special emphasis given to Haemonchus spp. and to characterize vulvar morphs of female Haemonchus worms. During the study period 180 abomasa of sheep and 132 abomasa of goats were examined. Three genera of nematodes were identified in both sheep and goats abomasa with overall prevalence of 91.1 % and 87.1 % respectively. The specific prevalence rates observed were 81.1 % for Haemonchus spp., 47.2 % for Trichostrongylus axei, and 19.4 % for Teladorsagia spp. in sheep and 76.5 % for Haemonchus spp., 39.4 % for T. axei and 20.5 % for Teladorsagia spp. in goats. Out of 653 female Haemonchus recovered from sheep, 37.8 % had a linguiform vulvar flap, 30 % knobbed and 35.4 % smooth vulvar morphs. Out of 448 female Haemonchus recovered from goats, 43.8 % had linguiform vulvar flaps, 27.2 % knobbed and 29 % smooth morph type. A total of 239 linguiform female Haemonchus from sheep were further classified in to 15.1 % linguiform A (LA), 17.5 % linguiform B (LB), 39.7 % linguiform C (LC) and 27.6 % linguiform I (LI) and similarly from goats 196 linguiform female Haemonchus were further classified into 11.2 % LA, 12.2 % LB, 44.9 % LC and 31.6 % LI. Similar findings were observed in both host species regarding the worm burden, prevalence of infection and morphological pattern of Haemonchus species. Generally a high infection rate with abomasal nematodes was observed in both sheep and goats of the study area.</p></abstract>

A study was carried out to determine the prevalence of abomasal nematodes of sheep and goats slaughtered in Awassa town from January 2006 through June 2006 with special emphasis given to Haemonchus spp. and to characterize vulvar morphs of female Haemonchus worms. During the study period 180 abomasa of sheep and 132 abomasa of goats were examined. Three genera of nematodes were identified in both sheep and goats abomasa with overall prevalence of 91.1 % and 87.1 % respectively. The specific prevalence rates observed were 81.1 % for Haemonchus spp., 47.2 % for Trichostrongylus axei, and 19.4 % for Teladorsagia spp. in sheep and 76.5 % for Haemonchus spp., 39.4 % for T. axei and 20.5 % for Teladorsagia spp. in goats. Out of 653 female Haemonchus recovered from sheep, 37.8 % had a linguiform vulvar flap, 30 % knobbed and 35.4 % smooth vulvar morphs. Out of 448 female Haemonchus recovered from goats, 43.8 % had linguiform vulvar flaps, 27.2 % knobbed and 29 % smooth morph type. A total of 239 linguiform female Haemonchus from sheep were further classified in to 15.1 % linguiform A (LA), 17.5 % linguiform B (LB), 39.7 % linguiform C (LC) and 27.6 % linguiform I (LI) and similarly from goats 196 linguiform female Haemonchus were further classified into 11.2 % LA, 12.2 % LB, 44.9 % LC and 31.6 % LI. Similar findings were observed in both host species regarding the worm burden, prevalence of infection and morphological pattern of Haemonchus species. Generally a high infection rate with abomasal nematodes was observed in both sheep and goats of the study area.

Abomasal nematodes of sheep and goats slaughtered in Awassa (Ethiopia): species composition, prevalence and vulvar morphology

Department of Veterinary Parasitology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Addis Ababa University, P.O. Box 34, Debre Zeit, Ethiopia

Helminthologia

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A study was carried out to determine the prevalence of abomasal nematodes of sheep and goats slaughtered in Awassa town from January 2006 through June 2006...

Abomasal nematodes of sheep and goats slaughtered in Awassa (Ethiopia): species composition, prevalence and vulvar morphology

Published Online: Jun 01, 2007

Page range: 70 - 75

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/s11687-007-0006-8

Keywords
abomasal nematodes, Awassa, Haemonchus, Teladorsagia, Trichostrongylus axei, prevalence, vulvar flap

© 2007 Institute of Parasitology, SAS, Košice, Slovakia

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Abomasal nematodes of sheep and goats slaughtered in Awassa (Ethiopia): species composition, prevalence and vulvar morphology

Published Online: Jun 01, 2007

Page range: 70 - 75

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/s11687-007-0006-8

Keywordsabomasal nematodes, Awassa, Haemonchus, Teladorsagia, Trichostrongylus axei, prevalence, vulvar flap

© 2007 Institute of Parasitology, SAS, Košice, Slovakia

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
abomasal nematodes, Awassa, Haemonchus, Teladorsagia, Trichostrongylus axei, prevalence, vulvar flap