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

Table 3

Prevalence (%) of Eimeria protozoans and gastrointestinal nematodes in mouflons in specific seasons.

Parasites	Winter		Spring		Summer		Autumn				Total
		E.I. (%)		E.I. (%)		E.I. (%)		E.I. (%)
Eimeria protozoans
E. parva	28/124	22.6	34/121	28.1	38/99	38.4	21/82	25.6	7.24		121/426	28.4
E. bakuensis (syn. E. ovina)	46/124	37.1	74/121	61.2	52/99	52.5	25/82	30.5	24.76		197/426	46.2
E. crandalis	15/124	12.1	39/121	32.2	42/99	42.4	13/82	15.9	33.48		109/426	25.6
E. intricata	10/124	8.1	30/121	24.8	30/99	30.3	26/82	31.7	22.6		96/426	22.5
E. ovinoidalis	35/124	28.2	75/121	62.0	58/99	58.6	25/82	30.5	42.49		193/426	45.3
Total protozoans	68/124	54.8	102/121	84.3	88/99	88.9	61/82	74.4	42.42		319/426	74.9
Gastrointestinal nematodes
Strongyloides sp.	67/124	54.0	49/121	40.5	45/99	45.5	34/82	41.5	5.38		195/426	45.8
Capillaria sp.	38/124	30.6	20/121	16.5	18/99	18.2	14/82	17.1	9.60		90/426	21.18
Trichuris ovis	18/124	14.5	20/121	16.5	19/99	19.2	17/82	20.7	1.64		74/426	17.4
Nematodirus sp.	48/124	38.7	17/121	14.0	23/99	23.2	18/82	22.0	20.8		106/426	24.9
Chabertia ovina	34/124	27.4	25/121	20.7	20/99	20.2	16/82	19.5	2.68		95/426	22.3
Trichostrongylidae	59/124	47.6	54/121	44.6	55/99	55.6	47/82	57.3	4.52		215/426	50.5
Total nematodes	95/124	76.6	83/121	68.6	73/99	73.7	61/82	74.4	2.12		312/426	73.2

: number of infected animals/number of tested animals.