Open AccessPrevalence of Haemonchosis in Sheep slaughtered at Jimma hotel, Southwest, Ethiopia
Author(s) -
and Yitagesu Seyoum Gulilat Nemomsa Anbese Jiru
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
international journal of research in informative science application and techniques
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2581-5814
DOI - 10.46828/ijrisat.v3i2.62
Subject(s) - veterinary medicine , haemonchus contortus , prevalence , significant difference , medicine , risk factor , zoology , biology , helminths , epidemiology , immunology
A cross-sectional study was carried out from April 2018- May 2018 to determine the prevalence of Haemonchuscontortus in sheep slaughtered at Jimma restaurants, south west Ethiopia. Appropriate procedure was applied for postmortem examination and sample collection. A total of 384 sheep Abomasums, collected from randomly selected sheep, were examined on postmortem. The overall prevalence of H. contortus was found to be 29.9%. It was noticed that high prevalence was recorded in animals with poor body condition (37.6%), followed by good body condition (23.07%) and the lowest was recorded in animals with medium body condition (22.6%). The occurrence of haemonchosis was more frequently recorded in youngest (less than one year) (28.5%) than in older (above one year) sheep (25.9%) but there was statistically significant difference (P 0.05) observed among the risk factor (body condition) in relation to the prevalence of H. contortus.