Author/Authors :
Apio, Ann Faculty of Veterinary Medicine - Department of Wildlife and Aquatic Resources Management, Rwanda , Mohammed, Osama B. King Saud University - College of Science, - Department of Zoology, Saudi Arabia , Mohammed, Osama B. King Khalid Wildlife Research Centre, Saudi Arabia , Omer, Sawsan A. King Saud University - College of Science, University Centre for Women Students - Department of Zoology, Saudi Arabia , Omer, Sawsan A. King Khalid Wildlife Research Centre, Saudi Arabia , Wronski, Torsten King Khalid Wildlife Research Centre, Saudi Arabia , Wronski, Torsten d King Khalid Wildlife Research Centre, Saudi Arabia
Abstract :
Host related variations in helminth egg and coccidian oocyst counts were compared between a naturally infected endemic population of Farasan gazelle and domestic goats on the Farasan Islands, Saudi Arabia in April 2009. Both bovid species inhabit and browse in the same area but no cross-infection could be detected. The prevalence and mean intensity quantified as the number of eggs and oocysts per gram of faeces were taken as a measure of parasite burdens . Host related differences in prevalence values of Eimeria spp. were significantly higher in domestic goats than in wild gazelles. A similar trend was observed for nematode prevalence (strongyle-type eggs), with no infection in gazelle and low infection in goats. There was also a significant difference in mean intensity values between different Eimeria spp. found in domestic goats.
Keywords :
Wildlife , livestock interface , Cross , infection , Protozoa , Nemathelminthes , Bovidae
