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Faecal samples were collected from 348 yaks(Bos poephagus) in and around Gurudogmer Plateau, a cold desert area in North Sikkim, India. The prevalence of gastrointestinal parasitic infection was recorded at 10.05% in both the organized and traditionally managed farms of yak. The pattern of infection was either single (2.58%) or mixed (7.47%) with a faecal egg count range of 100–200 eggs per gram of faeces in positive animals. Among the helminths, Haemonchus spp. infection was predominant (6.89%) followed by Nematodirus spp. (1.72%), Cooperia spp. (1.43%) and Dicrocoelium spp. (0.29%).
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The authors are highly grateful to the Government of Sikkim for allowing to collect the faecal samples of the yaks from the highly restricted areas of the state and also to Department of Agricultural Research and Education, Government of India, New Delhi for financial assistance to this study in the project entitled “All India Network Programme on Gastrointestinal Parasitism”. The authors are grateful to the Joint Director, ICAR Research Complex for NEH Region, Sikkim Centre, Gangtok for providing the laboratory facilities.
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Bandyopadhyay, S., Pal, P., Bhattacharya, D. et al. A report on the prevalence of gastrointestinal parasites in yaks (Bos poephagus) in the cold desert area of North Sikkim, India. Trop Anim Health Prod 42, 119–121 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11250-009-9394-8
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