Haemonchus Contortus and Trichostrongylus Colubriformis in Pen-trials with Javanese Thin Tail Sheep and Kacang Cross Etawah Goats.
From: Research Institute for Veterinary Science, Jl. RE Martadinata No. 30, Bogor 16114, Indonesia. beriajaya@balitvet.org
Veterinary parasitology
- Publish Date: Feb 2006
- ISSN: 0304-4017
- Volume: 135
- Issue: 3-4
- Pages: 315-23
- Medium: Print
- Language: English
- Citation (JAMA): Beriajaya , Copeman D B, et al. Haemonchus Contortus and Trichostrongylus Colubriformis in Pen-trials with Javanese Thin Tail Sheep and Kacang Cross Etawah Goats.. Vet. Parasitol. Feb 2006;135:315-23
Abstract
Weight gain costs due to infection were higher in sheep than goats, 28 and 17.5%, respectively, for Trichostrongylus colubriformis and 48.7 and 32.2%, respectively, for Haemonchus contortus. The extent of bodyweight cost attributed to anorexia in sheep infected with H. contortus was higher (13.5 g/day) than in sheep infected with T. colubriformis (2.3 g/day). On the other hand, bodyweight cost due to the other pathogenic effects in sheep infected with T. colubriformis were higher (35.6 g/day) compared to sheep infected with H. contortus (10.9 g/day). A strong relationship between faecal egg count and worm count (r=0.79, P=0.006) was shown only in sheep infected with T. colubriformis. About half of the infected sheep and goats had low or zero faecal egg counts throughout the study. In about 40% the egg count rose initially but became low by weeks 10-16, whereas in about 10% counts increased progressively throughout the period of observation and these animals also had the highest numbers of worms at slaughter. Packed cell volume was reduced in sheep and goats infected with H. contortus but serum protein and haemoglobin levels were unaffected. Sheep infected with T. colubriformis had a higher level of eosinophilia after 8 weeks (18.4%) than sheep infected with H. contortus (11.4%), whereas this pattern was reversed in goats and levels were also lower (4.1 and 8.9%, respectively). There was no apparent relationship between eosinophilia and resistance to infection with H. contortus or T. colubriformis.
Mesh Headings (Keywords): Animals, Energy Intake, Feces, Goat Diseases, Goats, Haemonchiasis, Haemonchus, Indonesia, Male, Parasite Egg Count, Random Allocation, Sheep, Sheep Diseases, Trichostrongylosis, Trichostrongylus, Weight Gain
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