GASTROINTESTINAL NEMATODES OF GOATS (CAPRA HJRCUS) IN RIYADH AREA, SAUDI ARABIA

Abstract

Seven species of nematodes were recovered for ~:he tnrst time in 130 adult male local goats, CaprG hi reus in Riyadh area in Saudi Arabia. A total of 86.9 percent of goats were positive. Mixed infectiom were common where 63.8 percent of the goats were infected with 3-5 different nematodes species. Trichuris ovis, Nematodirus spathiger and Trichostrongylus probolurus occurred most freque~ !ly, Haemonchus contortus and Camelostrongylus mentulatus were less common, and Oesophagostomum columbianum,and Marshallagia marshalli were relatively rare.