Nematode worm-burden of cattle in Egypt

ABSTRACT

A total number of 154 abomasi, 105 small intestine and 103 coeci of cattle collected from different slaughter houses in Egypt. The collected organs were examined for the occurrence of nematode wormburden. The study revealed the infestation with Haemonchus contortus, H. placei, Ostertagia. ostertagi, O. circumcincta, Bunostomum trigonocephalum, Mecistocirrus digitatus, Capillaria bovis, Histostrongylus coronatus, Toxocara vitulorum, Trichostrongylus axei, T. colubriformis, Cooperia punctata, C. pectinata, C. curticei, Nematodirus fillicollis, Oesophagostomum radiatum, O. columbianum, O. venulosum, Chabertia ovina, Trichuris ovis and Ternidens deminutus. The three nematode worms Mecistocirrus digitatus, Histostrongylus coronatus and Ternidens deminutus were recorded as new record in Egyptian cattle and were completely described