Vol. 9, Issue 1, Part D (2024)

Author(s): Mahaveer Suresha, Priyanka Karela and Anju Chahar

Abstract: Gastrointestinal parasitic infestations are common in sheep. It not only affects the health but also the productive and reproductive performance of the animals which includes loss of body weight, infertility, digestive disturbance and increased susceptibility of animals to other infections, causing considerable economic losses as consequence of mortality in infected animals, reduced weight gain, cost of management and animal treatment. In view of the epidemiology of Gastrointestinal Helminths in India the topic on the prevalence of this disease in the sheep population of Bikaner District of Rajasthan state was carried out. Age-wise and Overall prevalence of Gastrointestinal Helminths carried out by using Gross Examination, Sedimentation and Willi’s floatation test. A total 100 sheep faecal samples were screened. The age-wise prevalence was found 70 percent in age group above 6 months of age and 50 percent in age group below 6 months of age. An overall prevalence of Gastrointestinal Helminths in sheep was found 60 percent. The current findings revealed that Gastrointestinal Helminths infestation is more prevalent in Bikaner District of Rajasthan