endoparasites of sheep and goats, and shepherd in north Sinai governorate, Egypt

ABSTRACT

The examination of sheep and goats in four areas in North Sinai revealed an overall infection of 12.70% with Fasciola species, 11.8% with Paramphistomum cerve, 12.80% with Moniezia expansa, 47.11% with Trichostrongylus colubriformis, 4.59% Trichuris ovis and 44.85% Coccidia. The highly infected sheep and goats were diagnosed in El- Hassanah Center [90.49%], followed by El-Arish City [87.31%], then Rafah City [74.39%] and lastly Bir El-Abd [54.71%]. The elevation of the overall percentage of infection in the four areas was due to Coccidia infection, as this parasite was showed a concomitant infection in nearly all animals. On the other hand, the examination of 15 of the shepherds revealed Ascaris lumbricoides in 5, T. colubriformis in 3, Fasciola in one, Giardia lamblia in 10 and Coccidia in 3. Double and rarely triple infection was seen. The correlation between parasitic infections in sheep and goats as well as their shepherd was discussed