An abattoir study on the prevalence of some gastrointestinal helminths of sheep in Gharbia governorate, Egypt.

Abstract

This study was carried out in Gharbia province, Egypt in order to determine the prevalence of some important helminths infecting sheep. During 2005, a total of 189 slaughtered sheep of local breeds were careful inspected; 98 (51.9%) had helminths infection, the recovered species were identified as Fasciola spp. Paramphistomum cervi, Moneizia expensa, Avitellina centripunctata, Cysticercus tenuicollis, Haemonchus contortus, Parabonema skrjabini and Graphidiops spp. The data showed high prevalence rate of helminths, particularly cestodes in the study area that necessities application of control measures.