Influence of sex on the prevalence of parasitic infection among zoo animals of Bihar

摘要

Study of the prevalence of parasitic infections among zoo animals of Bihar revealed that the average infection rate was higher in males in both herbivorous (50.00%) and carnivorous animals (58.54%) as compared to that of females of both group of animals i.e. 44.26% and 41.03% respectively. Parasites belonging to genera Ancylostoma, Trichuris, Strongyloides, Fasciola, Coccidia and Entamoeba were detected from both herbivorous and carnivorous zoo animals. However, Taenia, ascarids and Giardia species were found in carnivorous only and Paramphistome, Oesophagostomum and ascaris, were detected in herbivorous zoo animals only. However, this difference was statistically non-significant. Therefore, tile present finding suggests that sex of zoo animals do not influence the prevalence of parasitic infection.