Prevalance of cryptosoporidium oocysts in livestock in Trinidad and Tobago

ABSTRACT

Faecal samples from 683 diarrhoeic and non-diarrhoeic piglets, calves, lambs and goat kids were examined for Crytosporidium occysts. The prevalence of infection in piglets and lambs was 19.6 percent and 20 percent, respectively, and these rates were significantly higher that those detected in calves (8.7 percent). Amongst the four animal species studied, the detection rates were higher in diarrhoeic than in non-diarrhoeic animals and in animals under extensive and semi-intensive husbandry systems. However, these differences were not statistically significant(AU)