The Investigation of Helminth Infections in a Saanen Goats Farm in Afyonkarahisar Province

Afyonkarahisar İlinde Saanen Keçisi Yetiştiriciliği Yapan Bir Çiftlikte Helmint Enfeksiyonlarının Araştırılması

Abstract

This study was carried out to detect helminth infections in a Saanen goats farm in Afyonkarahisar. Fecalsamples were collected from 187 goats (younger than one year old and female) and examined by sedimentation, flotationand Baermann Wetzel methods. The samples with strongylid eggs in faeces were cultured and the larvae wereidentified in the genus level. Faecal examination of goats revealed that 30 of the examined goats (16.04%) were positivefor various helminth species. Infections of Trichuris sp., Protostrongylus sp., Trichostrongylus sp., Moniezia sp. andMuellerius capillaris were detected as 12.29%, 3.74%, 1.60%, 1.06% and 0.53%, respectively in the examined goats.Until now, there have been no data on the prevalence of helminth infections goats in Afyonkarahisar province. Whenthe status of helminth infections in goats was evaluated in this study, it was concluded that the goat breeders shouldperform the helminthological examination periodically in these animals.

Özet

Afyonkarahisar'da bir Saanen keçisi çiftliğinde helmint enfeksiyonlarının belirlenmesi amacıyla yapılan bu çalışmada