Low-cost molecular methods to characterise gastrointestinal nematode co-infections of goats in Africa.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Veterinary diagnostics aid intervention strategies, track zoonoses, and direct selective breeding programs in livestock. In ruminants, gastrointestinal nematode (GIN) parasites are a major cause of production losses, but morphologically similar species limit our understanding of how specific GIN co-infections impact health in resource-limited settings. To estimate the presence and relative abundance of GINs and other helminths at the species level, we sought to develop a low-cost and low-resource molecular toolkit applied to goats from rural Malawi smallholdings.

Methods

Goats were subjected to health scoring and faecal sampling on smallholdings in Lilongwe district, Malawi. Infection intensities were estimated by faecal nematode egg counts with a faecal subsample

SUBMITTER: Airs PM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10311829 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature