[01] Mohammad Hazzaz Bin Kabir, Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka, Bangladesh. [02] Mirza Synthia Sabrin, Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka, Bangladesh. [03] Mahfuzul Islam, Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka, Bangladesh. [04] Mohammad Maqsud Alam, Department of Livestock Service, Dhaka, Bangladesh. [05] Mohammad Showkat Mahmud, Animal Health Research Division, Bangladesh Livestock Research Institute, Savar, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

The study was conducted to investigate on gastrointestinal parasitic infections of Cattle in different areas of Sher-e-Bangla nagar, Dhaka, during the period from February, 2016 to January, 2017 using coproscopy examinations. A cross-sectional study was carried out to establish the prevalence and intensity of gastrointestinal parasites of cattle from Sher-e-banglanagar area, Dhaka. A total of 109 (different ages and sex) cattle faecal samples were examined using the differential sedimentation, Floatation and Stoll’s ova counting techniques. Overall, cattle showed a prevalence (41.2%) of parasite infections. Out of this percentage, 19.2% had multiple parasites while 13.8% had a single parasite infection and mean egg per gram of feces (EPG) was 516.4±222.6. The parasites identified on fecal examinations, Amphistomes (22.9%) was highest followed by Eimeria spp. (11.9%), Fasciolagigantica (10.1%), Oesophagostomum spp. (8.2%), Ostertagia spp. (6.4%), Monieziabenedini (5.5%), Cooperia spp. (4.6%) and Capillaria spp. (3.7%). In general, most of the animals had low intensity (<500 EPG / <10EPC) of infection. There was a wide range of nematode, cestode and protozoa egg counts (0-850 EPG, 0-900 EPG and 0-2100 OPG, respectively). The range of trematode eggs count was 0-13EPC. A wide variety of gastrointestinal parasites were prevalent among cattle in the study area.

Gastrointestinal Parasites, Intensity, Cattle, Faeces

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