Open Access
Research
(Published
online: 14-07-2016)
9.
Prevalence and risk factors
associated with gastrointestinal nematode infection in goats
raised in Baybay city, Leyte, Philippines -
Ariel Paul M. Rupa and Harvie
P. Portugaliza
Veterinary World, 9(7): 728-734
doi:
10.14202/vetworld.2016.728-734
Ariel Paul M.
Rupa:
Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, College of
Veterinary Medicine, Visayas State University, Visca, Baybay
City, Leyte 6521-A, Philippines; arielpaulrupa@gmail.com
Harvie P.
Portugaliza:
Department of
Veterinary Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine,
Visayas State University, Visca, Baybay City, Leyte 6521-A,
Philippines; hportugaliza@vsu.edu.ph
Received: 30-04-2016, Accepted: 21-06-2016, Published online:
14-07-2016
Corresponding author:
Harvie P.
Portugaliza, e-mail: hportugaliza@vsu.edu.ph
Citation:
Rupa APM, Portugaliza HP (2016) Prevalence and risk factors
associated with gastrointestinal nematode infection in goats
raised in Baybay city, Leyte, Philippines, Veterinary World,
9(7): 728-734.
Abstract
Aim:
Gastrointestinal parasitism is a serious constraint affecting
goat production in the Philippines. This study aimed to
determine the prevalence and associated risk factors of
gastrointestinal nematode infection in goat-populated barangays
of Baybay City, Leyte.
Materials and
Methods:
A total of 81
households or farms were interviewed, and 450 goats were sampled
for fecalysis. Fecal egg count along with egg morphological
identification and coproculture for third stage larvae
identification were conducted. Descriptive statistics and
logistic regression analyses were carried out to determine the
farm- and animal-level prevalence and risk factors.
Results:
Fecalysis revealed the presence of strongyle and Trichuris
spp. with a farm-level prevalence of 100% and 4.94%,
respectively; and animal-level prevalence of 96.22% and 4.44%,
respectively. The identified strongyle genera per barangay were
Haemonchus spp. (34.79%), Trichostrongylus spp.
(33.29%), Oesophagostomum spp. (24.21%), Cooperia
spp. (6.93%), and Chabertia spp. (0.79%). Goats older
than 12 months were four times more likely to present high
strongyle burden when compared to goats <6 months. With each
month increase in goat’s age, the odds of acquiring strongyle
infection also increased by 1.07 times. Animals kept in goat
house with cemented flooring have lower odds of acquiring
strongyle (odds ratio=0.12). Goats raised for leisure purposes
and fed with carabao grass (Paspalum conjugatum) were
8.12 and 5.52 times more likely to acquire Trichuris,
respectively.
Conclusion:
Most
of the backyard goat raisers in Baybay City, Leyte, do not
practice sound helminth control measures as shown by the high
prevalence of gastrointestinal nematodes. The most relevant risk
factors for gastrointestinal nematode infection were the age of
the goat, type of goat house’s flooring, purpose of raising
goats, and feeding practices.
Keywords:
goat, Haemonchus, Philippines, risk factors, strongyle,
Trichuris.
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