Gastrointestinal parasites of captive Asian elephants in Kerala*

Gastrointestinal parasitic infections invariably affect the health status of elephants and can cause disease and death in elephants. This study was conducted to assess the incidence of gastrointestinal (GI) parasitesof elephants in Kerala and to relate it to the deworming status. A total of 31 Asian...

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Autores principales:	M.S. Punya, V.H. Shyma, V.C. Reshnu, K. Vijayakumar, K. Vinodkumar, R. Ambily, Arun Zachariah
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Publicado:	Director of Academics and Research, Kerala Veterinary and Animal Sciences University 2021
Materias:	elephant gastrointestinal parasites kerala Animal biochemistry QP501-801 Science (General) Q1-390
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:8ca0ce2e0d654ad7a2aa0bb269d26fb62021-11-18T14:51:44ZGastrointestinal parasites of captive Asian elephants in Kerala*10.51966/jvas.2021.52.3.312-3150971-07012582-0605https://doaj.org/article/8ca0ce2e0d654ad7a2aa0bb269d26fb62021-07-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.jvas.in/public_html/upload/article_file/article_file_r0qqoh.pdf?t=r0qqoihttps://doaj.org/toc/0971-0701https://doaj.org/toc/2582-0605Gastrointestinal parasitic infections invariably affect the health status of elephants and can cause disease and death in elephants. This study was conducted to assess the incidence of gastrointestinal (GI) parasitesof elephants in Kerala and to relate it to the deworming status. A total of 31 Asian elephants presented to the Teaching Veterinary Clinical Complex, Mannuthy, those under private ownership (Thrissur) and forest department formed the basis of the study.It was observed that 32.2 per cent of elephants in the study were affected with GI parasites. High percentage of strongyle ova was observed followed by the mixed infection of strongyle and Strongyloides ova. Statistical analysis of haematological parameters were done by using student t test in SPSS version 24.0. The haematological studies of elephants infected with GI parasites revealed anaemia and eosinophilia.M.S. PunyaV.H. ShymaV.C. ReshnuK. VijayakumarK. VinodkumarR. AmbilyArun ZachariahDirector of Academics and Research, Kerala Veterinary and Animal Sciences Universityarticleelephantgastrointestinal parasiteskeralaAnimal biochemistryQP501-801Science (General)Q1-390ENJournal of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Vol 52, Iss 3, Pp 312-315 (2021)
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spellingShingle	elephant gastrointestinal parasites kerala Animal biochemistry QP501-801 Science (General) Q1-390 M.S. Punya V.H. Shyma V.C. Reshnu K. Vijayakumar K. Vinodkumar R. Ambily Arun Zachariah Gastrointestinal parasites of captive Asian elephants in Kerala*
description	Gastrointestinal parasitic infections invariably affect the health status of elephants and can cause disease and death in elephants. This study was conducted to assess the incidence of gastrointestinal (GI) parasitesof elephants in Kerala and to relate it to the deworming status. A total of 31 Asian elephants presented to the Teaching Veterinary Clinical Complex, Mannuthy, those under private ownership (Thrissur) and forest department formed the basis of the study.It was observed that 32.2 per cent of elephants in the study were affected with GI parasites. High percentage of strongyle ova was observed followed by the mixed infection of strongyle and Strongyloides ova. Statistical analysis of haematological parameters were done by using student t test in SPSS version 24.0. The haematological studies of elephants infected with GI parasites revealed anaemia and eosinophilia.
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author	M.S. Punya V.H. Shyma V.C. Reshnu K. Vijayakumar K. Vinodkumar R. Ambily Arun Zachariah
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title	Gastrointestinal parasites of captive Asian elephants in Kerala*
title_short	Gastrointestinal parasites of captive Asian elephants in Kerala*
title_full	Gastrointestinal parasites of captive Asian elephants in Kerala*
title_fullStr	Gastrointestinal parasites of captive Asian elephants in Kerala*
title_full_unstemmed	Gastrointestinal parasites of captive Asian elephants in Kerala*
title_sort	gastrointestinal parasites of captive asian elephants in kerala*
publisher	Director of Academics and Research, Kerala Veterinary and Animal Sciences University
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Gastrointestinal parasites of captive Asian elephants in Kerala*

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