Epidemiological study of intestinal helminthes in sheep

• Abdul Aziz Jamil Alani

  The High Centre of Medical Technology , Derna.

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An epidemiological study was conducted for a year to determine the infections rate of intestinal helmenths in sheep. Infections rate was 78.19%.  While the mixed infections rate was 67.615.  However the single infections rate was 32.38%. Infections rate with Trichostrongylus ssp. was 33.27%, Nematodirus ssp. was 32.38%. Trichuris skrjabini and Setaria digitata were isolated for the first time in this study.

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