Vol. 11, Issue 3 (2022)

Parasitic infections remain an obstacle in goat industry and it has a major public health as well as economic impacts throughout the world. The present study was aimed to evaluate the prevalence of ecto parasites among goats of Salem district of Tamil Nadu. A total of 120 animals were screened for the ectoparasites in the adhoc Veterinary Clinical Complex (which was functioning at the Veterinary Dispensary, Aragalur, Salem, Tamil Nadu), Veterinary College and Research Institute, Salem during the period from January, 2021 to January, 2022. Ectoparasitic examination showed prevalence of flea-Ctenocephalides spp., lice-Linognathus spp and mite Psoroptes spp. in goats of the Thalaivasal block, Salem district, Tamil Nadu.