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Original Articles

Prevalence of haemoprotozoa in goat population of West Bengal, India

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Pages 866-875 | Received 13 Jun 2018, Accepted 30 Jun 2018, Published online: 25 Jul 2018
 

ABSTRACT

The present study was conducted to determine the prevalence of haemoprotozoa in goat population of West Bengal from April 2017 to March 2018. The prevalence was studied in relation to age, sex breed of animals and seasonal changes in a year. Random blood samples were collected from both organized farms and unorganized goat farms. A total of 1053 goats were screened and out of which 340 (32.28%) animals were found to be positive for haemoprotozoa. Significantly, (< 0.05) higher infection was observed in does (39.67%) than bucks (10.78%). Age-wise, highest prevalence of haemoprotozoa was found in 1–3 years (36.39%) age group followed by >3 years age group (27.95%) and <1 year (23.52%) age group, respectively. Seasonally, the prevalence of haemoprotozoa was found highest in monsoon (42.84%) and lowest in winter (15.10%). The present study describes an overview data on haemoprotozoa in goat population of West Bengal, India.

Acknowledgments

The authors thankfully acknowledge to the Veterinary Officers under Animal Resource Development Department, Govt. of West Bengal, India for providing the facility to collect the sample throughout the state. The authors duly acknowledge to the Dean, CVSc&AH, CAU, Selesih, Aizawl, Mizoram for providing funds with necessary facilities to conduct this study under the Department of Veterinary Parasitology.

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.

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Funding

This work was funded by the Central Agricultural University, Manipur, India under the supervision of Department of Veterinary Parasitology, College of Veterinary Sciences & Animal Husbandry, Selesih, Aizawl, Mizoram, India.

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