PREVALENCE OF SOMEGASTROINTESTINAL PARASITES IN NOMADIC FLOCK OF DESERT SHEEP, NORTH KORDOFAN STATE, SUDAN

This study was conducted to assess the prevalence of some gastrointestinal parasites in nomadic flock of Desert sheep in North Kordofan state during the period from November to December 2018. Random selected nomadic herd of 200 heads of sheep was used in this study to investigate the prevalence of some gastrointestinal parasites in the study area during the period of November to December 2018. By the use of disposable gloves, 15 grams of the feces were collected from the rectum and placed in a fecal container and labeled. McMaster technique was used which is composed of McMaster chamber, saturated salt solution, and round –bottomed rimed plastic tube, tea sieve and water. The data were analyzed using analysis of variance. The results revealed that 90% of samples were positive for coccidiosis, 75% for Trichostrongyles, 28% for strongyliodes, 8%mixed infection of Trichurisspp andcoccidiosis, 7%a mix of Trichurisspp, strongyliodes and coccidiosis, 5% for mixed both Trichurisandstrongyliodes, finally 3% for trematoda infection. It was concluded that parasites of different species were prevalent in the stock there is a realealth problem of gastrointestinal parasites& it should to be managed.