Student Ready Project Formulation, Execution and Presentation (Bts- 421 ) Coprological Examination of Bovine Fecal Sample for Prevalence of Gi Parasites
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Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel University of Agriculture & Technology, Meerut
Abstract
The para,itk onlcctmn' an: creating major problem> m the trnd1U0nal an1mal hu.bandr)' pra•ticC!>
on lnd1a llclmonth> mtection is a major con>traint of h~CMI>d. causmg huge economic lo~s to
dau) sector b) \\3) of gro,,th retardation. reprodUCII\c problems. decrease: producUnl}.
decrea'e drull p<>wer and mcreascd vulnerubality of an1 mul~ to other d1seases The current study
was pcrli1rmcd in nnd around Meerut district. Uttnr l'rudesh. The study is done in the months of
March to Ma) 2023. A total of 50 fresh samples were collected direct!)· from rectum of cattle
and bullalo and fresh ~mplc> "ere also taken from the ~round by usmg ~patula and a\'Oiding
an) dust or other panic!"" and tal.en in the pol) bag "'h.-h IS assigntd \\lth a spectfic reference
number. l11e fresh s.unples \\ere stored at 4"c unt1l1t \\U e-.mmed. Out of SO samples (27caulc
and 23 buflalo) c'amined 42 anamals were found to be po>itive for infection. In the prc-cnt
study. O\crall pre~alence 84% (42>50) was reported from bovine . Species wise prevalencc in
cattle (M5 I R %) and buffalo> (82 26 ~ .) were dctcnnincd b) coprolog1cal cummation. The
current ~tUd) \\liS reponed the most pre,alent mfecuon of l!mreria spp. (26.19"o) and follo\\cd
b) Bu.rtrmt'llrr spp (19.0-l0 o), Fascrola spp. (14.28''o) . .lfmunra spp. (119%). Amphistomcs
(9.52%). where os Trichuris spp. (7.14%) and Strongy loides (7. 14%) ure s1milar in occurrence
and lea>l JHCVdlence of To.(ocarcr "ilulonmr (4. 76%). l here is an urgent need to assess the actual
statu.• of thc'c onl'c~tions which •• possible onl} b) carryong out survc\S 11.> conducted in the
present Mudy Funher in\C,tigauon> are also necessar) to cvaiU3le the cconomtc impact of Gl
parasites a"'l dcs1gn1ng of proper control measUKs to p<C\ cnt the ink<Jions in bovme.
