COMPARITIVE STUDY ON ENTERIC PARASITES INFESTING RARM; FIELD CATTLE AND BUFFALOES AT SUEZ GOVERNORATE

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The present investigation is dealing with the faecal samples of the farm and field cattle and buffaloes of different ages against enteric parasitic infection. The study indicated that the infection was higher among field animals than in farm ones. Strongylids, and Moniezia species eggs released with the highest percentages from the field cattle calves, where it reached 75% and 28.1% respectively and 14.3% & 0.0% for corresponding farm ones. Fasciola species eggs ap < /strong>peared in a variable percentage, where it reached the maximum (13.33%)
among adult field cattle and 0.0% among the corresponding adult field buffaloes. Toxocara vitulorum eggs reached its maximum (15.4%) among field buffalo calves. Faecal culture for embyronation of variable Strongylid species eggs revealed 8 larval species in variable percent ages in different positive animals. Four species of Eimeria were detect
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