<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...

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

Article Category: Research Note

Publicado en línea: 26 mar 2016

Páginas: 186 - 190

Recibido: 24 jun 2014

Aceptado: 16 sept 2015

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

Palabras clave
goats, prevalence,

© 2016 Institute of Parasitology, SAS, Košice

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

Article Category: Research Note

Publicado en línea: 26 mar 2016

Páginas: 186 - 190

Recibido: 24 jun 2014

Aceptado: 16 sept 2015

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

Palabras clavegoats, prevalence,

© 2016 Institute of Parasitology, SAS, Košice

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

Palabras clave
goats, prevalence,