@article{Junsiri_Tapo_Chawengkirttikul_Watthanadirek_Poolsawat_Minsakorn_Anuracpreeda_2021, title={The occurrence of gastrointestinal parasitic infections of goats in Ratchaburi, Thailand}, volume={51}, url={https://he01.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/tjvm/article/view/247455}, abstractNote={<p><span class="fontstyle0">Gastrointestinal (GI) parasitic diseases play an important role in the major constraints on goat production in<br>Thailand and worldwide. The aim of this study was to assess the occurrence of GI parasitic infections among goats in<br>Ratchaburi province of Thailand. In this study, fecal samples (394) were collected and tested by means of the floatation,<br>sedimentation and direct smear methods to discriminate eggs or oocyst of the parasites. The overall occurrence of GI<br>parasitic infections was 86.54%. The respective occurrences for the raising distance, farm system, water source nearby,<br>type of feed and aquatic plants were found to vary significantly (</span><span class="fontstyle2">p </span><span class="fontstyle0">< 0.01), while a significant difference was not<br>observed counting upon the goats’ gender and age. The result disclosed that the highest occurrence of nematode,<br>trematode, cestode and protozoa were </span><span class="fontstyle2">Strongyloides </span><span class="fontstyle0">sp. (57.77%), </span><span class="fontstyle2">Paramphistomum cervi </span><span class="fontstyle0">(33.43%), </span><span class="fontstyle2">Moniezia </span><span class="fontstyle0">sp. (29.91%)<br>and </span><span class="fontstyle2">Eimeria </span><span class="fontstyle0">sp. (1.75%), respectively. Both single infection (18.78%) and mixed infection (67.67%) were evaluated in the<br>examined goats. And so, on top of this, GIS results exhibited the movements or raising distance of goats indicating<br>parasitic disease distribution. We intensively noted the need to find appropriate preventive control strategies against<br>parasitic diseases in order to reduce or eliminate the harmful impact of parasitic infections on the goat industry.</span> </p>}, number={1}, journal={The Thai Journal of Veterinary Medicine}, author={Junsiri, Witchuta and Tapo, Pulice and Chawengkirttikul, Runglawan and Watthanadirek, Amaya and Poolsawat, Napassorn and Minsakorn, Sutthida and Anuracpreeda, Panat}, year={2021}, month={Jan.}, pages={151–160} }