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A total of 632 faecal samples of goats of Jabalpur district of Madhya Pradesh state were examined during three years of the study period (November 2012–October 2015), out of which 82.75 % samples were positive for helminthic infections. Among various helminths, maximum prevalence was of strongyles (32.59 %) followed by amphistomes (14.40 %), Moniezia spp. (12.50 %), Strongyloides spp. (0.79 %), Trichuris spp. (0.47 %) and Fasciola gigantica (0.32 %). Year wise prevalence revealed a highly significant (p < 0.01) decrease in prevalence of helminths. Except Trichuris and Moniezia spp., the effect of year was significant for prevalence of all other gastro-intestinal helminths observed during the study. Significantly higher (p < 0.05) helminth infections were observed in monsoon (87.97 %) as compared to that of winter (81.48 %) or summer (79.03 %) season. The seasonal difference in prevalence was found significant for strongyles, Strongyloides spp., amphistomes and Moniezia spp. There was no significant variation in Trichuris spp. and Fasciola gigantica infections in relation to season. Age wise prevalence of helminths was non-significantly higher in kids (83.13 %) than in adults (82.62 %). Except Moniezia spp., age wise observations did not reveal any significant difference (p > 0.05) in prevalence of other gastrointestinal helminths.
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The financial assistance provided by ICAR, New Delhi, India in the form of ‘‘All India Network Programme on Gastrointestinal Parasitism’’ is dully acknowledged.
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Dixit, A.K., Das, G. & Baghel, R.P.S. Gastrointestinal helminthosis: prevalence and associated determinants in goats of Jabalpur, India. J Parasit Dis 41, 414–416 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12639-016-0818-x
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