Comparative Response of the West African Dwarf Goats to Experimental Infections with Red Sokoto and West African Dwarf Goat Isolates of Haemonchus contortus
Joint Authors
Ngongeh, Lucas Atehmengo
Onyeabor, Amaechi
Source
Issue
Vol. 2015, Issue 2015 (31 Dec. 2015), pp.1-6, 6 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2015-11-30
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
6
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Response of the West African Dwarf (WAD) goats to two different isolates of Haemonchus contortus, the Red Sokoto (RS) goat isolate (RSHc) and the WAD goat isolate (WADHc) (isolated from WAD goats), was studied by experimental infections of 4–6-month-old male WAD goat kids.
Group 1 and Group 2 goats were each infected with 4500 infective larvae (L3) of RSHc and WADHc, respectively.
Group 3 animals served as uninfected control.
Prepatent period (PPP), faecal egg counts (FEC), worm burden (WB), body weight (BW), packed cell volume (PCV), and body condition score (BCS) were determined.
WAD goats infected with RSHc isolate and the ones infected with WADHc isolate had mean PPP of 19.63±0.26 and 19.50±0.19, respectively.
Goats infected with WADHc isolate had significantly higher FEC (P=0.004) and WB (P=0.001).
BW were significantly higher (P=0.004) both in the controls and in Group 2 goats infected with WADHc isolate than in Group 1 goats infected with the RSHc isolate.
BCS of animals in both infected groups dropped significantly (P=0.001).
There was a significant drop in PCV (P=0.004) of both infected groups in comparison.
Both isolates of H.
contortus were pathogenic to the host.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Ngongeh, Lucas Atehmengo& Onyeabor, Amaechi. 2015. Comparative Response of the West African Dwarf Goats to Experimental Infections with Red Sokoto and West African Dwarf Goat Isolates of Haemonchus contortus. Journal of Pathogens،Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-6.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Ngongeh, Lucas Atehmengo& Onyeabor, Amaechi. Comparative Response of the West African Dwarf Goats to Experimental Infections with Red Sokoto and West African Dwarf Goat Isolates of Haemonchus contortus. Journal of Pathogens No. 2015 (2015), pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1069950
American Medical Association (AMA)
Ngongeh, Lucas Atehmengo& Onyeabor, Amaechi. Comparative Response of the West African Dwarf Goats to Experimental Infections with Red Sokoto and West African Dwarf Goat Isolates of Haemonchus contortus. Journal of Pathogens. 2015. Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1069950
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1069950