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

Table 4

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

Parasites	Winter			Spring			Summer			Autumn			Kruskal-Wallis test
	Mean	Me	Range	Mean	Me	Range	Mean	Me	Range	Mean	Me	Range
Eimeria protozoans
E. parva	71^a	50	50-200	132^b	100	50-500	128^ab	100	50-500	76^a	50	50-200
E. bakuensis (syn. E. ovina)	164^a	100	50-800	431^b	375	50-1200	410^b	250	50-2500	166^a	100	50-600
E. crandalis	120^ab	50	50-400	213	200^a	50-600	181^a	100	50-800	69^b	50	50-200
E. intricata	105	100	50-250	162	100	50-800	107	50	50-300	88	50	50-400
E. ovinoidalis	197^a	100	50-600	490^b	450	50-1200	416^bc	300	50-2200	244^ac	200	50-600
Total protozoans	284^a	150	50-1450	830^b	750	50-2450	686^c	400	50-5100	247^a	200	50-1050
Gastrointestinal nematodes
Strongyloides sp.	251	150	50-1200	180	100	50-1300	293	150	50-1500	212	100	50-850
Capillaria sp.	129	100	50-500	138	50	50-550	192	100	50-800	171	75	50-800
Trichuris ovis	169	100	50-800	108	100	50-300	197	50	50-750	185	100	50-750
Nematodirus sp.	191	100	50-650	265	50	50-2300	174	100	50-600	164	100	50-700
Chabertia ovina	199	100	50-600	142	50	50-800	183	75	50-600	225	100	50-600
Trichostrongylidae	443	100	50-2600	243	100	50-1200	335	250	50-1200	303	100	50-1200
Total nematodes	696^a	425	50-3350	401^b	200	50-3600	636^ab	350	50-2600	559^ab	250	50-2700

^a,bDifferent lowercase letters indicate statistically significant differences at .