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Pak Vet J, 2000, 20(3): 154-156.
 
HELMINTHIASIS IN BUFFALOES AS INFLUENCED BY AGE AND SEX
Nasreen Akhter, I. R. Mohammad, K. B. Mirbahar, and M.I. Memon 

Department of Veterinary Parasitology, Singh Agricultural University, Tandojam, Pakistan

Abstract   

    Five hundred faecal ( samples from adult buffaloes and calves of either sex and different ages were collected randomly. Out of 500 samples examined, 9.2 and 5.4 percent were found infected with nematodes and trematodes, respectively. Mixed infection was observed in 0.6 percent while cestodes could not be detected. The highest percentage of infection was in one-month to one-year old age group (35.2 per cent) while the lowest infection rate was observed in 10 year old and above (2.5 per cent). The males were more susceptible to the helminthiasis as the infection was higher in males as compared to female i. e., 36.9 and 11.0 per cent, respectively.    

Key words: Hetminthiasis, buffaloes, age, sex.

 
   

ISSN 0253-8318 (Print)
ISSN 2074-7764 (Online)






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