The Effect of Season and Meteorological Conditions on Parasite Infection in Farm-Maintained Mouflons (Ovis aries Musimon)

Table 1

Prevalence (%) of Eimeria protozoans and gastrointestinal nematodes in mouflons in the experimental period.

Parasites	Year I		Year II		Year III			value	Total
		E.I. (%)		E.I. (%)		E.I. (%)				E.I. (%)
Eimeria parva	45/175	25.7	42/152	27.6	34/99	34.3	2.38		121/426	28.4
E. bakuensis (syn. E. ovina)	69/175	39.4	64/152	42.1	64/99	64.6	17.80		197/426	46.2
E. crandalis	48/175	27.4	36/152	23.7	25/99	25.3	0.60		109/426	25.6
E. intricata	42/175	24.0	34/152	22.4	20/99	20.2	0.53		96/426	22.5
E. ovinoidalis	70/175	40.0	66/152	43.4	57/99	57.6	8.22		193/426	45.3
Total protozoans	134/175	76.0	109/152	71.7	77/99	77.8	1.37		319/426	74.9
Strongyloides sp.	60/175	34.3	65/152	42.8	70/99	70.7	34.65		195/426	45.8
Capillaria sp.	42/175	24.0	24/152	15.8	24/99	24.2	4.04		90/426	21.18
Trichuris ovis	30/175	17.1	23/152	15.1	21/99	21.2	1.55		74/426	17.4
Nematodirus sp.	59/175	33.7	27/152	17.8	20/99	20.2	12.58		106/426	24.9
Chabertia ovina	42/175	24.6	25/152	16.4	27/99	27.3	4.95		95/426	22.3
Trichostrongylidae	71/175	40.6	70/152	46.1	74/99	74.7	31.03		215/426	50.5
Total nematodes	122/175	69.7	110/152	72.4	80/99	80.8	4.06		312/426	73.2

: number of infected animals/number of tested animals.