<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Despite its high prevalence and pathogenicity, <italic>Stilesia globipunctata</italic> is a neglected cestode infection of ruminants in the tropics and sub-tropics. The present study reports the effect of sex, age, year and month on the prevalence of <italic>S. globipunctata</italic> in the goat. A total of 5208 eviscerated intestines of the goat carcasses were screened for a period of seven years, from January 2001 to December 2007. The overall prevalence of 36.6 % was significantly affected by the factors studied (P&lt;0.05). Male goats were more susceptible to the <italic>S. globipunctata</italic> infection than that of female (P&lt;0.05). Goat aged between 6 months and 1 year were found to be significantly more susceptible (P&lt;0.05) which was followed by animals between 1 and 4 years of age and then more than 4 years of age. Morbidity was high (59 to 86 %) in animals of less than one year of age. The striking observation was that the prevalence peaked during monsoon and at nadir in May.</p></abstract>

Despite its high prevalence and pathogenicity, Stilesia globipunctata is a neglected cestode infection of ruminants in the tropics and sub-tropics. The present study reports the effect of sex, age, year and month on the prevalence of S. globipunctata in the goat. A total of 5208 eviscerated intestines of the goat carcasses were screened for a period of seven years, from January 2001 to December 2007. The overall prevalence of 36.6 % was significantly affected by the factors studied (P<0.05). Male goats were more susceptible to the S. globipunctata infection than that of female (P<0.05). Goat aged between 6 months and 1 year were found to be significantly more susceptible (P<0.05) which was followed by animals between 1 and 4 years of age and then more than 4 years of age. Morbidity was high (59 to 86 %) in animals of less than one year of age. The striking observation was that the prevalence peaked during monsoon and at nadir in May.

Effect of non-genetic factors on the prevalence of <italic>Stilesia globipunctata</italic> in the goat

Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Mukteswar, India

Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar, India

National Institute of High Security Animal Diseases, Bhopal, India

Sher-E-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir, Srinagar, India

Helminthologia

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Effect of non-genetic factors on the prevalence of  in the goat

Despite its high prevalence and pathogenicity, Stilesia globipunctata is a neglected cestode infection of ruminants in the tropics and sub-tropics. The present...

Factor	Prevalence NS: non-significant Significant at P≤0.01;

Mean ± SE (n=5208)	0.611 ±0.04

Sex ∗∗Male (n=2662)	0.706 ±0.01

Female (n=2546)	0.603 ±0.01

Age (in year)	∗∗

0.5 to 1 (n=259) (Male: 220, Female: 39)	0.908 ± 0.02^c
1–4 (n=3321) (Male: 2268, Female: 1053)	0.650 ± 0.01^b
>4 (n=1628) (Male: 174, Female: 1454)	0.406 ± 0.01 ^a

Month	∗∗

1	0.675 ± 0.02^bcd
2	0.629 ± 0.03^bc
3	0.632 ± 0.02^bcd
4	0.638 ± 0.03^ab
5	0.547 ± 0.02^a
6	0.656 ± 0.02^bcd
7	0.684 ± 0.02^d
8	0.761 ±0.02^e
9	0.659 ± 0.02^cd
10	0.673 ± 0.02^cd
11	0.636 ± 0.02^bcd
12	0.664 ± 0.02^bcd

Year x Month	NS
Sex x Age	∗∗
Age x Month	∗∗
Year x Age	∗∗

Age Group	% Prevalence
0.5 to 1 year (n=259)	68.92 %
1-4year(n=3321)	37.77%
>4 year (n=1628)	13.17%

Effect of non-genetic factors on the prevalence of Stilesia globipunctata in the goat

Article Category: Research Note

Data publikacji: 26 mar 2016

Zakres stron: 186 - 190

Otrzymano: 24 cze 2014

Przyjęty: 16 wrz 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/helmin-2016-0011

Słowa kluczowe
goats, prevalence,

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Fig. 1

Fig. 2

Estimates for the prevalence of Stilesia globipunctata in goatsThe percent prevalence data based on ArcSine transformation.

The prevalence of Stilesia globipunctata across different age groupsEstimates based on raw data

Effect of non-genetic factors on the prevalence of Stilesia globipunctata in the goat

Article Category: Research Note

Data publikacji: 26 mar 2016

Zakres stron: 186 - 190

Otrzymano: 24 cze 2014

Przyjęty: 16 wrz 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/helmin-2016-0011

Słowa kluczowegoats, prevalence,

© 2016 Institute of Parasitology, SAS, Košice

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

Fig. 1

Fig. 2

Estimates for the prevalence of Stilesia globipunctata in goatsThe percent prevalence data based on ArcSine transformation.

The prevalence of Stilesia globipunctata across different age groupsEstimates based on raw data

Słowa kluczowe
goats, prevalence,