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Table 2 Endo-parasite prevalence, range (eggs per gramme) and mean (± standard error—eggs per gramme) across migratory livestock, local livestock and ibex. Sample sizes are number of pooled faecal samples, each representing a different host category: migratory livestock, local livestock and Asiatic Ibex. Prevalence is expressed at the level of the pooled sample and not the individual animal. Livestock comprise mixed groups of sheep and goats. Strongyles include eggs morphologically characteristic of the Trichostrongyloidea

From: Pastoralism in the high Himalayas: Understanding changing practices and their implications for parasite transmission between livestock and wildlife

 

Strongyloidesa

Strongyle GINsa

Nematodirusa

Trichurisa

Moniezia

Migratory livestock (n = 65)

Prevalence

9%

89%

15%

11%

55%

Range (EPG)

5–10

5–195

5–10

5–55

5–270

Mean (± SE) EPG

0.7 (± 0.29)

25.6 (±4.35)

1.1 (± 0.34)

2.2 (± 1.03)

35.8 (± 7.56)

Local livestock (n = 86)

Prevalence

6%

47%

6%

-

34%

Range

5–10

5–20

5–15

-

5–220

Mean (± SE) EPG

0.4 (± 0.19)

4.7 (± 0.63)

0.5 (± 0.23)

-

15 (± 4.87)

Asiatic ibex (n = 74)

Prevalence

11%

47%

9%

-

26%

Range

5–10

5–20

5–15

-

5–185

Mean (± SE) EPG

0.8 (± 0.29)

4.1 (± 0.66)

0.7 (± 0.28)

-

5.5 (± 2.68)

  1. aGINs. Moniezia is a GI platyhelminth. All hosts also had oocysts of coccidia (Eimeria sp.) present