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 |
A study on the prevalence of gastrointestinal parasites of herbivores was undertaken in herbivore safari at Nandankanan Zoological Park, Odisha by collecting a total number of 509 faecal samples of 4 species which includes Spotted deer (Axis axis), Sambar (Cervus unicolor), Chausingha / four-horned antelope (Tetracerus quadricornis), and Barking deer (Muntiacus muntjac). 210 faecal samples were positive for helminthic infection indicating a total prevalence of 41.26%. Coprological examination of the faecal samples revealed four types of helminths; Amphistomes (17%), Strongyles (16%), Strongyloides sp(2%) and Trichuris sp(1%). The prevalence of gastrointestinal helminths in Sambar, Spotted deer, Barking deer and Chausingha were found to be 68.8%, 42.61%, 17.12% and 16.28% respectively. Highest percentage of infection was observed during the rainy season 56.36% followed by winter (43.75%) and summer (23.81%).
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