Title
Gastrointestinal helminthiasis in guinea pig (Cavia porcellus) family-commercial breeding farms in Ancash, Peru
Other title
Helmintiasis gastrointestinal en cuyes (Cavia porcellus) de granjas de crianza familiar-comercial en Ancash, Perú
Date Issued
01 January 2013
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Laboratorio de Parasitología y Microbiología
Publisher(s)
Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
Abstract
The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence, identification and quantification of helminths present in guinea pigs (Cavia porcellus) in the finishing phase from family-commercial breeding farms in the district of Caraz, Ancash, Peru. The stomach, small intestine and large intestine of 100 animals were collected and all parasites were identified and counted. The prevalence of gastrointestinal nematodes was 89%. Identified parasites were Paraspidodera uncinata, Trichuris spp, Capillaria spp and Trichostrongylus colubriformis showing prevalence of 83, 31, 18 and 2% respectively and without differences due to sex. The frequency of monoparasitism, biparasitism and triparasitism was 49, 35 and 5% respectively.
Start page
473
End page
479
Volume
24
Issue
4
Language
Spanish
OCDE Knowledge area
Ciencia veterinaria
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-84891806514
Source
Revista de Investigaciones Veterinarias del Peru
ISSN of the container
16823419
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