Diagnóstico Parasitario y Aplicación de un Plan Sanitario en Ovinos del Cantón Chunchi.

Abstract

A parasite diagnosis was carried out in the Vacún, Magna and Chirvo communities and the Biotechnology and Microbiology Laboratory belonging to the Animal Science Faculty of ESPOCH, located on Riobamba canton, Chimborazo province in order to design a sanitary planning to be applied to sheep in Chunchi canton. A stratified random sampling system was used, determining a sample of 267-male-and-female sheep ageg between 8 and 18 months. These sheep were classified into three independent samples of 88 sheep in Chirvo, 83 in Vacún and 96 in Magna. Both type and charge of parasities were evaluated during these 120 days of investigation. A total prevalence of 96,63% for protozoa (Eimeria sp); 33,33% of cestodes (Moniezia expanza); 21,72% for gastrointestinal nematodes as Chavertia ovina; 20,22%, Strongyloides papillosus; 85,77% of Cooperia oncophora, and 90,64% of lung worms (Dictyicaulus filaria); 32,96% of these animals were infected by liver flukes (Fasciola hepatica) and 55,06% infected by ectoparasities (Mellophagus ovinus), that is why, it is recommended that this sanitary planning be applied in order to control and prevent not only sheep endoparasities but also ectoparasities in Chunchi canton and to spread the results found in this investigation so that the producers are aware their animals might get infected according to the economic point of view.