Prevalencia de parásitos gastrointestinales en bovinos de las sabanas de Arauca, Colombia

The aim of this study was to identify the populations and prevalence of gastrointestinal parasites in cattle from the department of Arauca, Colombia, categorized by age group. A total of 1351 faecal samples from dual-purpose cattle were processed. The prevalence of gastrointestinal parasites was 54% for Neospora caninum, 51% for Haemonchus sp, 45% for Ostertagia ostertagi, 32% for Trichostrongylus sp, 22% for Cooperia sp, 7% for Eimeria sp, 6% for Oesophagostomum sp, 3% for Nematodirus sp, 2% for Strongyloides sp and 1% for Ascaris suum, Bunostomum sp and Moniezia benedeni (1%).