Vol. 11, Special Issue 7 (2022)

Author(s):
AK Chouhan, Monika, PK Pilania, Bhavana Rathore, DB Sodha and Upkar Choudhary

Abstract:
Strongyle nematode egg positive faecal samples of blackbucks from Tal-Chhapar Sanctuary of Rajasthan were pooled, cultured for their development to the infective third stage larvae. Infective strongyle nematode larvae recovered from faecal cultures in the present investigation, were identified on the basis of measurements of their total length, extension of tail sheath beyond the tip of the larvae (µm), intestinal cell number, shape and other morphological characters. The coproculture analysis revealed four nematode genera viz Bunostomum sp., Haemonchus sp., Trichostrongylus sp. and Strongyloides sp.