Abstract
Two studies at the National Animal Production Research Institute (NAPRI), Zaria, Nigeria, compared Red Sokoto (RS), Sahelian (SG), and West African Dwarf (WAD) goats after experimental or natural infection with Haemonchus contortus. In the first study, 20 RS, 17 SG, and 14 WAD kids were challenged at 6 months of age with 5000 L3 larvae of H. contortus. Fecal egg counts (FEC), packed cell volumes (PCV), and body weights (BW) were recorded 0, 28, 35, and 42 days after infection. The FEC and PCV were affected only by time of measurement. In the second study, 322 RS and 97 SG kids were produced at NAPRI over 3 years, weaned at 4 to 6 months of age, dewormed, returned to contaminated pastures, and evaluated 28 and 35 days later. Effects of breed, year, breed × time interaction, and breed × year interaction were observed for PCV and BW; FEC was only affected by time of measurement, year and breed × year interaction. The FEC were larger and PCV were smaller on day 35 compared to day 28 and in year 2 compared to years 1 and 3. The SG kids were notably smaller than RS kids in year 2, with higher FEC and lower PCV, but FEC were larger for RS kids in years 1 and 3. Differences in parasite resistance among these Nigerian goat breeds were therefore small and likely reflected underlying differences in growth, development, and disease history.
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Financial support for this study was provided by the Joint FAO/IAEA Coordinated Research Project D3.10.26.
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Makun, H.J., Abdulganiyu, K.A., Shaibu, S. et al. Phenotypic resistance of indigenous goat breeds to infection with Haemonchus contortus in northwestern Nigeria. Trop Anim Health Prod 52, 79–87 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11250-019-01987-y
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