Prevalence of Sheep Haemonchosis in North Kordofan State, Sudan

Abstract

A cross sectional study was conducted from September to November 2016 for determination of sheep haemonchosis and investigation of some associated potential Risk Factors in EL-Obeid slaughter house, North Kordofan, Sudan. A total of 355 fecalsamples from Sheep were collected and examined using direct flotation test. The result indicated that natural Haemonchuscontortus infection was prevalent among Sudanese sheep at EL-Obeid slaughter house with an overall prevalence 31.3%. The following risk factors showed association with sheep haemonchosis in the univariate analysis under significant level of P-value ≤ 0.25: sex (P-value= 0.003), breed (P-value =0.000), body condition (P-value= 0.000). Using multivariate analysis to determine possible significant association between haemonchosis and potential risk factors, the result showed that there was significant association with all of the investigated risk factors. It can be concluded that this parasite was prevalent in a high percentage in EL-Obeid slaughter house. Therefore, the use of anthelmintics by sheep farmers from period to period is recommended as a prophylactic measure.