Prevalence and identification of ectoparasites fauna in small ruminants in and around Adami Tulu, East Shawa zone of Oromia, Ethiopia

摘要

Across-sectionalstudywasconductedwiththeaimofidentifyingandestimatingtheprevalenceofecto-parasitesinsmallruminantsinandaroundAdamiTuluAgriculturalResearchCenter.Atotalof400smallruminants(244Caprineand156Ovine)weresampledandexaminedforthepresenceofecto-parasites.Externalparasiteswerefoundwithoverallprevalenceof148(37.0%)inwhichcaprineandovinewereinfestedwiththeprevalenceof34.8%and40.4%,respectively.Proportionofectoparasiteindescendingorderwere17.2%ticks,11.5%mite,8%lice7.2%fleasand0.5%keds.Intotalabout12ectoparasiteswererecordedupatgenuslevel.Inthepresentstudy,therewasnostatisticallysignificantassociationbetweentheprevalenceofectoparasitesandthespecies,sex,andageofsmallruminants.However,ectoparasiteinfestationwassignificantly(p0.05)higherinpoorbodyconditionanimalsthantheothercategories.Overall,therewashighectoparasitesprevalenceinthestudyareawhichcouldhampersmallruminants#8217;production.Hence,attentionshouldbegiventotheproblemandappropriatediseasemitigationshouldbeputinplacetoimprovetheoutputfromtheseanimals.