Prevalence of gastrointestinal nematodiasis and coccidiosis in goats from three selected farms in Terengganu,Malaysia

Objective:To reveal the prevalence of gastrointestinal nematodiasis,Trichostrogylus,Haemonchus,Strongyloides and Trichuris and coccidiosis,mainly Eimeria in kids,yearlings and adult goats.Methods:A total of 287 goat faecal specimens were randomly collected from three farms in Kuala Terengganu,Setiu and Besut.Results:Prevalence of coccidiosis(89.2%) was significantly higher(P<0.05) than gastrointestinal nematodiasis(52.3%).Gastrointestinal nematodes(GINs) were found in37.0% kids,63.5% yearlings and 53.3% adults.Identification of GINs revealed the predominance of Strongyloides(45.6%) followed by Trichostrogylus(12.9%),Haemonchus(11.8%) and Trichuris(8.7%) in all groups whereby the adult goats recorded the highest infections of Trichostrogylus(20.5%),Haemonchus(10.6%),Strongyloides(51.5%) in all groups.The age-specific intensity for Eimeria was in following order:kids(92.6%),adults(86.6%) and yearlings(51.5%) and the difference was not significant(P > 0.05).The concurrent infections between GINs and Eimeria were 67.94% in all groups.Polyparasitisms of Trichostrongylus(17.4%),Haemonchus(15.15%) and Strongyloides(40.4%) with Eimeria had infected most adult goats.Dual infections of Trichostrongylus with Eimeria and Trichuris with Eimeria were significantly higher in adults than yearlings and kids(P < 0.05).Conclusions:GINs and Eimeria were widely distributed in the goats leading to higher risk of morbidity and mortality.