3.2. Prevalence of GIP infections
Of the 377 faecal samples from the 39 agro-pastoral cattle herds screened, 36 cattle herds were positive for one or more GIPs, indicating a herd-level prevalence of 92.3% for GIP. At the individual animal level, 219 (58.1%) cattle were positive for GIP: helminths (124; 32.9%), protozoa: (157; 41.6%), co-infection with helminths and protozoa: (63; 16.7%) (Table 2).
Nine different genera of parasites were identified: four nematodes, two trematodes, two cestodes and a protozoan. Eimeria spp, the only protozoan identified, had the highest prevalence (155, 41.1%), followed by Neoascaris spp (38, 10.1%), Strongyles spp (30, 8.0%), Taenid spp (29, 7.7%), Paraphistomum spp (23, 6.1%), Monienza spp (11, 2.9%), Nematodirus spp (11, 2.9%), Schistosoma spp (10, 2.7%) and Strongyloides spp, a helminth that had the least prevalence of 2.1%, were identified (Table 2).