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Prevalence and risk factors for intestinal parasite infection in goats raised in Nakhon Pathom Province, Thailand

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The objectives of this study were to determine the prevalence and risk factors for intestinal parasite infection in goats raised in Nakhon Pathom Province. Fecal samples from 190 goats in 12 herds were collected per rectum. Questionnaires focusing on the general information about the farm and farmers, and management practices on farms were completed. Modified McMaster counting technique was performed to detect eggs of intestinal parasites. Each egg found was classified into three groups of parasites based on its characteristics. Individual and herd prevalence were calculated. Multiple logistic regressions were performed to analyze risk factors of infection. Herd prevalence of intestinal parasite infection was 100%, while individual prevalence was 79.47%. Strongyle group was the most common intestinal parasite found in this study. Moniezia spp. (8/190) and Trichuris spp. (1/190) were also found. The average number of eggs found was 1,176 eggs per gram of feces. Risk factors for intestinal parasite infection were housing system, deworming interval, and type of goat in herd. Goats housed in groups had higher infection rates compared with goats housed individually (odds ratio (OR) = 6.34; P value = 0.009). Goats in herds in which anthelmintic drugs were administered in intervals of greater than 3 months were more likely to become infected with intestinal parasites (OR = 33.07; P value <0.001). Goats in herds that kept only dairy goats were less likely to become infected than herd that kept only meat goats or kept both dairy and meat goats (OR = 46.20 and 8.75; P value <0.001 and 0.011, respectively).

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  1. Department of Large Animal and Wildlife Clinical Science, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Kasetsart University, Kamphaeng Saen Campus, Kamphaeng Saen, Nakhon Pathom, Thailand, 73140

    Niorn Ratanapob & Pipat Arunvipas

  2. Department of Veterinary Public Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Kasetsart University, Kamphaeng Saen Campus, Kamphaeng Saen, Nakhon Pathom, Thailand, 73140

    Suwicha Kasemsuwan & Waraphon Phimpraphai

  3. Kasetsart University Veterinary Teaching Hospital-Nongpho, Ratchaburi, Thailand, 70120

    Supachart Panneum

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Ratanapob, N., Arunvipas, P., Kasemsuwan, S. et al. Prevalence and risk factors for intestinal parasite infection in goats raised in Nakhon Pathom Province, Thailand. Trop Anim Health Prod 44, 741–745 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11250-011-9954-6

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