3.2. Prevalence of GIP infections
Of the 377 faecal samples from the 39 agro-pastoral cattle herds
screened, 36 cattle herds were positive for one or more GIPs, indicating
a herd-level prevalence of 92.3% for GIP. At the individual animal
level, 219 (58.1%) cattle were positive for GIP: helminths (124;
32.9%), protozoa: (157; 41.6%), co-infection with helminths and
protozoa: (63; 16.7%) (Table 2).
Nine different genera of parasites were identified: four nematodes, two
trematodes, two cestodes and a protozoan. Eimeria spp, the only
protozoan identified, had the highest prevalence (155, 41.1%), followed
by Neoascaris spp (38, 10.1%), Strongyles spp (30,
8.0%), Taenid spp (29, 7.7%), Paraphistomum spp (23,
6.1%), Monienza spp (11, 2.9%), Nematodirus spp (11,
2.9%), Schistosoma spp (10, 2.7%) and Strongyloides spp,
a helminth that had the least prevalence of 2.1%, were identified
(Table 2).