<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The aim of this study was to identify the most common gastrointestinal (GI) parasites in flocks of dairy goats on 30 farms in Slovakia. A total of 944 adult goats were examined during the pasturing seasons for 2014 – 2016. Eggs from one or more species of gastrointestinal parasites were identified in 906 of the samples (95.90 %). Strongyle eggs were present in most of the samples (92.00 %), followed by <italic>Strongyloides papillosus</italic> (14.05 %), <italic>Trichuris</italic> spp. (7.84 %), <italic>Nematodirus</italic> spp. (3.98 %), and <italic>Moniezia</italic> spp. (2.65 %). The counts of strongyle eggs per gram of faeces ranged from 0 to 11 000. Subsamples from each farm were used to prepare faecal coprocultures to identify the genera of the nematodes. Third-stage larvae of <italic>Trichostrongylus</italic> spp. (100 %) and <italic>Teladorsagia/Ostertagia</italic> spp. (96.60 %) were present on most of the farms, followed by <italic>Oesophagostomum</italic> spp./<italic>Chabertia ovina</italic> (86.60 %) and <italic>Haemonchus contortus</italic> (76.60 %). <italic>Teladorsagia/Ostertagia</italic> spp. were the dominant genera on 60 % of the farms.</p></abstract>

The aim of this study was to identify the most common gastrointestinal (GI) parasites in flocks of dairy goats on 30 farms in Slovakia. A total of 944 adult goats were examined during the pasturing seasons for 2014 – 2016. Eggs from one or more species of gastrointestinal parasites were identified in 906 of the samples (95.90 %). Strongyle eggs were present in most of the samples (92.00 %), followed by Strongyloides papillosus (14.05 %), Trichuris spp. (7.84 %), Nematodirus spp. (3.98 %), and Moniezia spp. (2.65 %). The counts of strongyle eggs per gram of faeces ranged from 0 to 11 000. Subsamples from each farm were used to prepare faecal coprocultures to identify the genera of the nematodes. Third-stage larvae of Trichostrongylus spp. (100 %) and Teladorsagia/Ostertagia spp. (96.60 %) were present on most of the farms, followed by Oesophagostomum spp./Chabertia ovina (86.60 %) and Haemonchus contortus (76.60 %). Teladorsagia/Ostertagia spp. were the dominant genera on 60 % of the farms.

Gastrointestinal helminth infections of dairy goats in Slovakia

Helminthologia

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The aim of this study was to identify the most common gastrointestinal (GI) parasites in flocks of dairy goats on 30 farms in Slovakia. A total of 944 adult...

Gastrointestinal helminth infections of dairy goats in Slovakia

Published Online: Aug 02, 2017

Page range: 211 - 217

Received: Mar 14, 2017

Accepted: May 23, 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/helm-2017-0027

Keywords
goats, gastrointestinal nematodes, Slovakia

© 2017 M. Babják et al., published by De Gruyter Open

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

Gastrointestinal helminth infections of dairy goats in Slovakia

Published Online: Aug 02, 2017

Page range: 211 - 217

Received: Mar 14, 2017

Accepted: May 23, 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/helm-2017-0027

Keywordsgoats, gastrointestinal nematodes, Slovakia

© 2017 M. Babják et al., published by De Gruyter Open

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

Keywords
goats, gastrointestinal nematodes, Slovakia