GASTROINTESTINAL PARASITES IN GOATS AND SHEEPS FROM ALTO MEARIM AND GRAJAÚ MICROREGION, STATE OF MARANHÃO

Authors

  • Danilo Rodrigues B. Brito Universidade Estadual do Maranhão
  • Ana Clara Gomes Santos Universidade Estadual do Maranhão
  • Whaubtyfran Cabral Teixeira Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco
  • Rita Maria S. N. de Candanedo Guerra Universidade Estadual do Maranhão

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5216/cab.v10i3.5444

Keywords:

Parasitolgy, Animal sanity

Abstract

The objective of this work was to know the gastrointestinal nematodes and to verify the presence of Eimeria spp. in goats and sheeps of Alto Mearim and Grajaú microregion, Maranhão State. 384 animals (192 goats and 192 sheeps) from the municipalities of Formosa da Serra Negra, Grajaú and Sítio Novo were sampled. Fecal samples from male and female aged more than one year were collected in the dry and rainy periods. The samples were processed for OPG and OoPG by McMaster technique and larvae culture. From the goats sampled, 176 (91.66%) were positive for helminthes eggs and in 134 (69.79%) oocysts of Eimeria were detected. In sheeps, 122 (63.54%) had helminthes eggs and 133 (58.85%) had oocysts of Eimeria. Eggs of Strongyloidea, Strongyloides and Moniezia were identified. The following genera were identified in goats: Haemonchus (35.41%), Trichostrongylus (27.29%), Cooperia (23.61%), Oesophagostomum (8.93%) and Stronyloides (4.75%) and in sheeps Haemonchus (30.21%), Trichostrongylus (25.29%), Cooperia (24.28%), Oesophagostomum (14.12%) and Stronyloides (6.09%). The animals displayed greater parasitism in the rainy period being more evident in males than in females. The genera Haemonchus, Trichostrongylus, Cooperia and Eimeria were the predominant ones in goat and sheep in the Alto Mearim and Grajaú microregion, Maranhão.

KEY WORDS: Brazil, Eimeria, gastrointestinal helminthes, goats, sheep.

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Author Biography

Danilo Rodrigues B. Brito, Universidade Estadual do Maranhão

Medicina Veterinária. Parasitologia.

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Published

2009-09-30

How to Cite

BRITO, D. R. B.; SANTOS, A. C. G.; TEIXEIRA, W. C.; GUERRA, R. M. S. N. de C. GASTROINTESTINAL PARASITES IN GOATS AND SHEEPS FROM ALTO MEARIM AND GRAJAÚ MICROREGION, STATE OF MARANHÃO. Brazilian Animal Science/ Ciência Animal Brasileira, Goiânia, v. 10, n. 3, p. 967–974, 2009. DOI: 10.5216/cab.v10i3.5444. Disponível em: https://revistas.ufg.br/vet/article/view/5444. Acesso em: 25 nov. 2024.

Issue

Vol. 10 No. 3 (2009)

Section

Veterinary Medicine

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