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PULIDO-MEDELLIN, Martín O; GARCIA-CORREDOR, Diego; DIAZ-ANAYA, Adriana  e  ANDRADE-BECERRA, Roy. Screening of gastrointestinal parasites on small sheep exploitations from the municipality of Toca, Colombia. Rev Salud Anim. [online]. 2014, vol.36, n.1, pp. 65-69. ISSN 0253-570X.

With the aim of microscopically identifing the main eggs and cysts of gastrointestinal parasites in samples taken in different sheep farms of the municipality of Toca Boyacá, 90 fecal samples directly extracted from the rectum of creole breed were collected. Animal samples belonged to agricultural family units having no more than 20 animals. They were processed by the modified Ritchie technique. The applied study was a simple cross-sectional. A descriptive analysis was carried out to determine the prevalence of each parasite expressed in percentage. Samples had a prevalence of 100% which indicated that the total had one or more parasites. Most of individuals were infected with Coccidia spp. (94,4%), followed by the suborder Strongylida (33,5%), Entamoeba coli (13,3%), Fasciola hepatica (7,8%), Entamoeba histolitica (4,4%), Toxocara spp. (4,4%), Strongyloides spp. (3,3%), Ascaridia spp. (2,2%), Giardia spp. (1,1%) and Moniezia spp. (1,1%). The knowledge about the distribution and diversity of the parasitic fauna of sheep in Toca-Colombia is an important advance to establish eradication and control programs on small ruminant parasites, thereby contributing to avoid economic losses due to their presence.

Palavras-chave : parasitosis; sheep; cross-sectional study.

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