Determinar la presencia de nematodos, cestodos y trematodos en cerdos mestizos de la Comunidad Corazón de Jesús-San Luis

Abstract

The objective of this study was to determine the presence of nematodes, cestodes and trematodes in mestizo pigs from the Corazón de Jesús community, San Luis parish, in Chimborazo Province. Forty fecal samples from pigs of different age groups, such as breeding females, breeding males, animals in the growing/fattening stage and piglets, were analyzed using flotation techniques and the McMaster method, the latter used to estimate the parasitic load. For the evaluation of the results, a Completely Randomized Design (CRD) was applied, which took into account 4 age groups with 10 replicates and the experimental size was one animal. Through these analyses, a higher infestation of Ascaris suum was identified in breeding females (3075 HPG), breeding males (2960 HPG), and in the growing/fattening phase (2945 HPG), while piglets presented a higher parasite load of Strongyloides spp. (120 HPG). It was concluded that in Corazón de Jesús Community there is a greater presence of nematodes, specifically Strongyloides spp, Ascaris suum and Trichuris suis, while the presence of cestodes and trematodes was not observed in any of the categories analyzed. In view of these results, it is recommended that sanitary measures be implemented to control transmission and avoid losses to producers.