Table 1 Prevalence, arithmetic mean egg counts (range) and coprocultures (%) of gastrointestinal helminths in the faeces of naturally infected goats at Nyala (Domaia and Majok), Beleil and Kass, South Darfur State, Sudan, using Mini-FLOTAC technique
| Â | All animals | Season | Study area | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nyala | Beleil | Kass | ||||||
Domaia | Domaia | Majok | ||||||
Autumn | Winter | Autumn | Winter | Winter | Autumn | Autumn | ||
Prevalence of the infection | ||||||||
 No. of the tested goats | 478 | 343 | 135 | 117 | 105 | 30 | 55 | 171 |
 No. (%) of the infected goats | 394 (82.4) | 297 (86.6) | 97 (71.9) | 114 (97.4) | 75 (71.4) | 22 (73.3) | 49 (89.1) | 134 (78.4) |
  Strongyles | 392 (82) | 296 (86.3) | 96 (71.1) | 114 (97.4) | 74 (70.5) | 22 (73.3) | 49 (89.1) | 133 (77.8) |
   Strongyles + Strongyloides papillosus | 20 (4.2) | 19 (5.5) | 1 (0.7) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (3.3) | 3 (5.5) | 16 (9.4) |
   Strongyles + Moniezia spp. | 23 (4.8) | 19 (5.5) | 4 (3) | 4 (3.4) | 2 (1.9) | 1 (3.3) | 7 (12.7) | 9 (5.3) |
   Infection with all three parasites | 3 (0.6) | 3 (0.9) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (1.8) | 2 (1.2) |
  Moniezia spp. | 2 (0.4) | 1 (0.3) | 1 (0.7) | 0 (0) | 1 (1) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (0.6) |
  Goats shedding ≥500 strongyle epg | 251 (52.5) | 221 (64.4) | 30 (22.2) | 102 (87.2) | 20 (19.1) | 10 (33.3) | 40 (72.7) | 79 (46.2) |
Egg count/gram of positive faeces | ||||||||
 Strongyles | 1842 (20–31,040) | 2241 (40–31,040) | 625 (20–5440) | 2699 (120–22,080) | 553 (20–5440) | 867 (80–5200) | 1543 (40–7320) | 2100 (40–31,040) |
 Strongyloides papillosus | 332 (10–1600) | 342 (10–1600) | 120 | 0 | 0 | 120 | 140 (80–320) | 387 (10–1600) |
Coprocultures for strongyles (%) | ||||||||
 Haemonchus spp. | 90 | 87 | 95 | 75 | 99 | 90 | 96 | 91 |
 Trichostrongylus spp. | 6 | 10 | 6 | 24 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 4 |
 Oesophagostomum spp./Chabertia spp. | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 |