Prevalence of gastrointestinal nematodes in sheep in the Sanliurfa region

In this study, the gastrointestinal nematodes of 75 sheep and their seasonal prevalence were investigated during March 2003-2004, in the Sanliurfa district, in Turkey. Fifty-seven (76 %) of the sheep under investigation were infected with gastro-intestinal nematodes. Eleven nematode species were det...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Türkiye parazitolojii dergisi 2006, Vol.30 (4), p.317-321
Hauptverfasser:	Altaş, Mehtap, Sevgili, Murat, Gökçen, Ahmet, Bayburs, H Cahit
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	tur
Schlagworte:	Animals Female Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic - epidemiology Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic - parasitology Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic - veterinary Male Nematode Infections - epidemiology Nematode Infections - parasitology Nematode Infections - veterinary Prevalence Seasons Sheep Sheep Diseases - epidemiology Sheep Diseases - parasitology Turkey - epidemiology
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Zusammenfassung:	In this study, the gastrointestinal nematodes of 75 sheep and their seasonal prevalence were investigated during March 2003-2004, in the Sanliurfa district, in Turkey. Fifty-seven (76 %) of the sheep under investigation were infected with gastro-intestinal nematodes. Eleven nematode species were detected. A total of 2,711 nematodes were collected from the digestive system of the infected sheep. The total number of parasites in each infected animal ranged from 1-977. The average number of parasites in each sheep was found to be 47.5. The number of nematode species in each animal also ranged from 1-5. Most of species in the infected sheep was found to be as follows; Ostertagia marshalli, O. occidentalis, O. circumcincta, N. spathiger, N. filicollis, T. ovis, and T. skrjabini.
ISSN:	1300-6320