The overall prevalence of helminthiasis was 51% in cattle, 47% in buffaloes, 62% in sheep and 52% in goats, with nematodes being the most common helminths.
This response completely surprised, and somewhat shocked, the villager, and he innocently remarked that if the chief guest's country has no water buffaloes, it must be a poor country!
Blood samples were collected from the jugular vein of female (n = 49) and male buffaloes (n = 8).
Livestock holdings include male and female cattle and buffaloes and are also taken to be exogenous.
Buffaloes and elephants were also employed to haul logs.
Cysts in cattle (28.5%), buffaloes (8.9%) and sheep (44.3%) were found mostly in lungs, but in goats, both liver and lungs were infected.
Up to 11.9% of buffaloes were infected with a mean prevalence of 17.3% (1.5-57.8%).
Effect of protein source on milk yield and composition of lactating buffaloes.
