The Prevalence of Cryptosporidium Species in cattle in Lokoja, Kogi State, North Central Nigeria
| Main Authors: | Adeiza Musa Abdulrahman, Nafarnda Daniel Wesley |
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| Format: | Article Journal |
| Bahasa: | eng |
| Terbitan: |
, 2020
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| Online Access: |
https://zenodo.org/record/5567157 |
Daftar Isi:
- The prevalence of Cryptosporidium spp. in cattle faeces in Lokoja, Kogi State, Nigeria was determined by a commercially produced enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay kit. Out of a total of 198 cattle faecal samples, 18.0% were positive for coproantigens. There were significant differences in infection rates in all the factors tested except the size of a cattle herd and sex. On herd size, the infection rate was highest in the 200-300 cattle herd size, 35% (8/23; χ2 =5.397; Pv=0.06) ahead of 101-180, 0.00% (0/1) and 1-100 cattle herd group, 16% (27/174). For sex impact on infection, there were no significant differences (p 0.05) between the infection rates of 16.5% in males and 18.5% in females, (χ2= 0.1346; Pv=0.714). Other factors tested that showed significant association with occurrence of Cryptosporidium were faecal consistency where diarrheic faeces had the highest prevalence of 73% (8/11) with a significant statistical difference (χ2 =24.92; PV-0.00) amongst other forms of faeces such as loose faeces, 19% (8/43) and well-formed, 13.2% (19/144). Prevalence in the intensive management system of cattle was significantly higher than other methods of cattle rearing, 34% (21/61) with a significant statistical difference (χ2=17.31: Pv=0.00). The highest rate of infection of 49.1% (26/53) was observed in calves up to 90 days of age while heifers between 271-360 days of age had the lowest rate of infection of 1.6% (1/62). The difference between the rates was significant (χ2= 51.98; Pv=0.00). The result of the study showed that the prevalence of Cryptosporidium is high in cattle in Lokoja, Kogi State, Nigeria with calves being at the highest risk.