Hailegebriel Bedada* and Kero Yerikisho
Cross sectional study was conducted from October 2019 up to July 2020 in and around Jimma to determine the status of Ascaridiosis and parasite burden in calves. A total of 384 fecal samples of calves were collected and examined. Calves were selected randomly from 40 dairy farms included in the study purposively. Out of the total examined calves 21(5.5%) were harbor the parasite with 13 (61.9%), 6 (28.6%) and 2 (9.5%) were infected lightly, moderately and heavily respectively. Significantly higher prevalence of Ascaridiosis was observed in calves less than 3 months of age than calves with age of greater than 3 months (P<0.05). Likewise, significant variation in overall prevalence between local breed and cross breed calves were observed (P<0.05), higher prevalence of the disease was recorded in local calves. Significant differences in the prevalence between different body conditioned calves were observed; in which higher values were observed in poor body condition calves (P<0.05). In this study; age, body condition score and breed are risk factors associated with prevalence of calve Ascaridiosis in the study area. In the study area poor nutrition, awareness of the owner regarding the disease in calves is likely to be aggravated by this disease. Therefore, regular deworming, improvement of housing and feeding management should be recommended to increase the productivity of cattle in the study area.
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