National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS)
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PRINT ISSN : 2319-7692
Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
The present study was undertaken to study the prevalence of gastro-intestinal parasites (GIP) in captive wild herbivores housed in Kanan Pendari Zoo (KPZ), Bilaspur, Chhattsigarh. A total of 226 faecal samples were examined by direct, sedimentation, floatation method and Mc master technique. The overall prevalence of gastro-intestinal parasites in captive wild herbivores was reported to be 28.31%. Seasonal prevalence was reported to be 26.00% in summer season and 30.15% in pre-monsoon season. Amongst all species of captive wild herbivores studied, Blue bull showed highest prevalence (75.00%) of GI parasites. During the study, prevalence of trematodes was 42.18%, nematodes was 51.56% and mixed infection was recorded in 6.25% cases. Paramphistomum spp. was the most commonly observed GIP in 42.18% (26/64) animals while Strongyloides was least reported species in 10.90% (7/64) animals. The highest Egg per gram (EPG) count was observed in Black buck during pre-monsoon season (EPG= 800) and lowest EPG (100) count was recorded in Hog deer and blue bull during pre-monsoon season.
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