THE PREVALENCE OF NEMATODE (ROUNDWORM SPECIES) IN SLAUGHTERED SHEEP AND GOATS IN DAMATURU MODERN ABATTOIR.

Abstract

PREVALENCE OF NEMATODE (ROUNDWORM SPECIES) IN SLAUGHTERED SHEEP AND GOATS IN DAMATURU MODERN ABATTOIR.

BY

^1*Alhaji Goni Kyari, ²Abba Haruna Adamu, ³Abdullahi Yusuf Abubakar and        ⁴ Muhammad Bukar Abdullahi.

^{1,2, &3}Department of Science Laboratory Technology,

School of Science and Technology,

The Federal Polytechnic, P.M.B 1006, Damaturu, Yobe State, Nigeria

⁴ Department of Agricultural Technology,

School of Science and Technology,

The Federal Polytechnic, P.M.B 1006, Damaturu, Yobe State, Nigeria

^*Corresponding Author’s email: aha@fedpodam.edu.ng +2347061069638

ABSTRACT

Nematode infection pose a great contrasts to goats and sheep production thereby causing high incidence of mortality and low production in goats and sheep. This research work was designed to identify the nematode species infection in goats and sheep that were slaughtered at Damaturu modern abattoir between the months of October to November 2022. The aim was to sensitize livestock stakeholder to strategize effective means of disrupting the life cycle of nematode in order to prevent widespread within the herd. Feacal samples were collected from 30 goats and 30 sheep and were examined, 18 representing 30% of animals were infected with various species of nematode. It shows that the infection is very high in the month of October due to rainfall that favour the intermediate host of the parasite found attached to the grasses. While in the month of November, the rate of infection was low due to dried grasses. The month of October and November recorded highest rate of Bunostonum species infection 14 (37.9%), followed by Haemonchus spp 12(32.4%), Trichostrongylus spp 6 (16.2%), While Oesophagostonum Spp was least recorded 5(13.5%), It was observed that both sexes of all the animal breed examined were infected, though males were more susceptible than the females. This research observed that the infection rate was higher in the month of October than in November.