Prevalence of gastrointestinal parasites in slaughtered sheep at a slaughterhouse in Tabasco, Mexico

Roberto González Garduño; Carmen Córdova Pérez; Glafiro Torres Hernández; Pedro Mendoza de Gives; Javier Arece García

2011, Number 2

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Vet Mex 2011; 42 (2)

Prevalence of gastrointestinal parasites in slaughtered sheep at a slaughterhouse in Tabasco, Mexico

González GR, Córdova PC, Torres HG, Mendoza GP, Arece GJ

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The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of gastrointestinal parasitic nematodes in sheep at necropsy at a slaughterhouse in Tabasco, Mexico. Adult parasites from gastrointestinal tract were recovered and preserved in formaldehyde for their later counting and identification. Adult nematodes were separated by species and the final count was transformed to Log + 1 to decrease the variance. GLM procedure using SAS statistic program was performed for data analysis. Provenance, sex, physiological status, and sampling month were considered as the variation sources. From a total sample of 242 slaughtered animals necropsied for monitoring gastrointestinal parasites, 57.4% including Nematoda, Trematoda or Cestoda classes. The main identified species corresponded to Haemonchus contortus in the abomasum. Cooperia curticei, Trichostongylus colubriformis, Strongyloides papillosus and Bunostomum trigonocephalum were found in the small intestine and Oesophagostomum columbianum, and Trichuris ovis in the large intestine. Fasciola hepatica and Moniezia expansa were the Trematoda and Cestoda parasites found in liver and small intestine, respectively with prevalence lower than 7%. The average of the total count of adult nematodes in the gastrointestinal tract of the infested animals was 2175 ± 445. Among the factors studied, the slaughter month and the provenance of the animals affected the prevalence of parasite infestation in sheep at slaughter. The main adult parasites found were H. contortus, C. curticei and T. colubriformis with average counts higher than 1009, 813 and 335, respectively.

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