![]() ![]() cobboldi and Gigantocotyl explanatum with the prevalence ranging 50–70% (Dutt, 1980 Hafeez and Avastthi, 1987 Matto and Bali, 1991 Prasad and Varma, 1999). Among them, most prevalent amphistomes in India are P. cervi, Gastrothylax crumenifer, Gigantocotyle explanatum, Cotylophoron cotylophorum and Fischoederius elongatus are the predominant species in domestic ruminants of India (Hassan et al., 2005). Clinical outbreaks of paramphistomes from different places suggested that Paramphistomum epiclitum, P. explanatum, Gastrothylax crumenifer, Cotylophoron cotylophorum, Fischoederius elongates, and Fischoederius cobboldi have been recorded from Asia (Boray, 1959 Malek, 1980 Hanna et al., 1988 Wang et al., 2006). Paramphistomosis is caused by specific species of the parasite in a particular region with different pathogenicity (Mehlhorn, 2008). Yamaguti (1971) listed 62 species of paramphistomes of domestic ruminants from various countries. It is one of the most pathogenic disease in domesticated animals causing heavy economic losses in respect of reduce feed conversion, meat and milk production in animal industry (Horak 1967 Kilani et al., 2003), that toll several thousand crores of rupees annually (Shabih and Juyal, 2006). Among the parasitic diseases, paramphistomosis, caused by digenetic trematode (fluke) of the superfamily Paramphistomoidea is one of the least explored and almost totally neglected trematodal infectious diseases by veterinary parasitologists. Diseases contribute to the constraints of goat production, particularly due to parasitic diseases including trematodes for which goat act as definitive hosts. Goats are integral part of the livestock production systems in crop-livestock mixed agriculture in the developing countries like India but the benefits obtained from goats today do not match with their actual potential. Keywords : Goat Amphistomes Mathura (Uttar Pradesh) Prevalence Paramphistomum epiclitum (95.60%), Gastrothylax crumnifer (3.20%) and Fischoederius spp. Morphologically three species of amphistomes viz. Female goats (19.20%) were found more susceptible to amphistomosis in comparison to male (11.11%). The prevalence on the basis of faecal examination (n= 240) revealed 17.08% during August to October 2016. The highest overall season wise prevalence on the basis of rumen examination was reported in summer (16.67%) followed by monsoon (16.64%) and winter (10.53%). ![]() The minimum prevalence was observed in month of December (8.73%) followed by November (9.44%). The total maximum month wise prevalence was reported in July (21.87%) followed by September (19.15%). ![]() Prevalence of amphistomosis by rumen examination was divided in three major group viz. A total 2488 rumen screened for amphistome and 240 faecal samples of goats from Mathura were examined for prevalence studies. ![]()
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