PREVALENCE OF PARAMPHISTOMUM CERVI IN RUMINANTS SLAUGHTERED IN DISTRICT MUZAFFAR GARH

Rumen of 100 slaughtered animals viz. sheep (n=14), goats (n=42), cattle (n=34) and buffalo (n=10) were examined to determine the prevalence of adult Paramphistomum cervi during January 2007 in Tehsil Jatoi, District Muzaffar Garh, Pakistan. Overall prevalence was found to be 22% (22/100) and species wise prevalence was 28.57% (4/14) in sheep, 23.80% (10/42) in goats, 17.64% (6/34) in cattle and 20% (2/10) in buffaloes, the difference between the species being non significant.