GASTROINTESTINAL PARASITISM IN TWO SEASONS IN GUINEA PIGS (Cavia porcellus) OF OXAPAMPA, PASCO

The objective of the study was to determine the prevalence of gastrointestinalparasites in the rainy and dry season in guinea pigs (Cavia porcellus) in semi-commercialfarms in Oxapampa, Paso, Peru, as well as to identify the parasite species and to assessthe season and productive phase as risk facto...

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Autores: Vargas R., Merly, Chávez V., Amanda, Pinedo V., Rosa, Morales C., Siever, Suárez A., Francisco
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2014
País:Perú
Institución:Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
Repositorio:Revistas - Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:revistasinvestigacion.unmsm.edu.pe:article/8500
Acceso en línea:https://revistasinvestigacion.unmsm.edu.pe/index.php/veterinaria/article/view/8500
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Cavia porcellus
endoparasitismo
prevalencia
etapa productiva
factor de riesgo
Oxapampa.
endoparasitism
prevalence
production phase
risk fac-tor
Oxapampa
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Sumario:The objective of the study was to determine the prevalence of gastrointestinalparasites in the rainy and dry season in guinea pigs (Cavia porcellus) in semi-commercialfarms in Oxapampa, Paso, Peru, as well as to identify the parasite species and to assessthe season and productive phase as risk factors. Two hundred faecal samples per season were collected where the experimental unit was the cage. The samples were processed bythe flotation, sedimentation and modified McMaster methods. The prevalence was 90.0± 4.1 and 63.5 ± 6.7% in the rainy and dry season respectively, and the identified specieswere Paraspidodera uncinata, Trichuris spp, Capillaria spp, and Eimeriacaviae. Onthis, E. caviae and P. uncinata showed the higher frequencies in both seasons. The rainyseason represented a risk of 5.7-fold relative to the dry season, especially for E. caviae(8.2), while the rearing phase represented a risk of 2.2-fold relative to breeding animals,especially for P. uncinata (2.6) and E. caviae (2.5), while breeding animals showed ahigher risk of infection for Capillaria spp (6.2) in relation to the growing animals.