Identification of gastrointestinal parasites in bovines from the Santa Elena Península

Abstract

The research was carried out at the Regional Training Center of the La Libertad canton, Santa Elena province, the objective was to determine the prevalence and types of gastrointestinal parasites in cattle, for the study the coproparasitic technique of sucrose-glucose flotation and of direct smear, the collection of faecal samples was carried out in fifty postmortem animals, selecting those from the peninsular area, the stool sample collected was identified and kept until its subsequent analysis in the Agricultural Research laboratory of the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, the results obtained were processed in the statistical package SPSS ver. 21.0. The results mainly modified gastrointestinal parasites, predominantly nematodes with 87%, cestodes 9% and protozoan cysts 4%; where the highest incidence of the different types of parasites were Oesophagostomun spp (Nematodes) with 31%, Moniezia expansa 50% (cestodes) and Balantidium coli (protozoa) with 43%, it should also be noted that the most efficient method in the conditions for This study used was that of the sucrose flotation technique in which a 55% parasite load was obtained compared to 35% glucose and 10% with the director. This indicates the agreement to the established parameters that it is necessary to carry out a health plan in the different areas of the Santa Elena Peninsula to determine the main antiparasitic drugs that must be used to counteract nematodes, cestodes and protozoa within the digestive tract of cattle. and to be able to reduce its incidence in the area, improving the productive behavior of the animals