Table 4 Faecal eggs development and worm characteristics in the abomasum of uninfected (U) or infected (I, with H. contortus) Creole kids eating: Dichanthium spp. hay + alfalfa pellet (A); Dichanthium spp. hay + L. leucocephala pellet (L); Dichanthium spp. hay + (25% L. leucocephala pellet + 75% alfalfa pellet; 25 L); Dichanthium spp. hay + (50% L. leucocephala pellet + 50% alfalfa pellet; 50 L)

Item

I-A

I-25 L

I-50 L

I-L

SE

Treatment

Leucaena

Total worms

773.8

982.0

705.8

897.6

187.44

0.750

0.506

Male (%)

43.3

51.3

48.5

46.2

2.32

0.1693

0.1252

Female (%)

56.7

55.8

51.3

53.8

2.24

0.4326

0.3324

Immature worms (%)

1.7a

2.4a

3.0a

9.7b

2.20

0.0265

0.0111

Immature male worms (%)

0.9a

1.6a

1.0a

5.6b

1.21

0.0140

0.0080

Immature female worms (%)

2.2a

2.8a

4.4a

13.0b

3.03

0.0315

0.0130

Sex ratio mature male female (%)

79.4

93.7

98.1

94.0

6.34

0.0485

0.0770

Female worm length, cm

1.929ab

1.951a

1.921ab

1.838ab

0.0444

0.0128

0.0261

Eggs in utero

209.3ab

242.1a

247.3a

102.2bc

30.76

0.0010

0.0032

Faecal eggs development (%)

24.0a

14.0b

12.7b

3.5c

3.50

0.0009

< 0.0001