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

Table 2

Intensity of infection with protozoans (oocysts per gram (OPG)) and gastrointestinal nematodes (eggs per gram (EPG)) in mouflons.

Parasites	Year I			Year II			Year III			Kruskal-Wallis test	Total
	Mean	Me	Range	Mean	Me	Range	Mean	Me	Range		Mean	Me	Range
Eimeria protozoans
E. parva	99	50	50-500	112	50	50-500	112	100	50-200		107	50	50-500
E. bakuensis (syn. E. ovina)	347	150	50-1200	367	200	50-2500	273	150	50-1200		329	200	50-2500
E. crandalis	155	100	50-500	204	200	50-800	152	100	50-600		171	100	50-800
E. intricata	120^a	100	50-300	78^b	50	50-400	185^a	100	50-800		119	100	50-800
E. ovinoidalis	399	250	50-1400	354	250	50-2200	396	400	50-1100		383	300	50-2200
Total protozoans	513^a	275	50-2950	560^a	300	50-5100	658^b	575	50-2400		564	300	50-5100
Gastrointestinal nematodes
Strongyloides sp.	323^a	225	50-1300	200^b	100	50-1500	195^b	100	50-1000		236	100	50-1500
Capillaria sp.	199	100	50-800	102	50	50-450	113	50	50-500		150	100	50-800
Trichuris ovis	272^a	150	50-800	111^ab	100	50-450	67^b	50	50-100		164	100	50-800
Nematodirus sp.	264^a	100	50-2300	115^b	100	50-600	95^b	100	50-300		194	100	50-2300
Chabertia ovina	290^a	300	50-800	116^b	50	50-600	81^b	50	50-300		185	100	50-800
Trichostrongylidae	437^a	400	50-1200	189^b	100b	50-1200	374^a	100	50-2600		334	100	50-2600
Total nematodes	785^a	600	50-3600	335^b	200	50-2600	590^a	300	50-3350		575	300	50-3600