Interaction between abomasal blood feeder Haemonchus contortus and intestinal mucosal browser Trichostrongylus colubriformis during co-infection in Boer goats

Basripuzi NH 1 , Sharma RSK 2 , Norhadila Z 2 , Shahar ZS 2 , Nor-Dilaila MS 2 , Mustapha MS 2 Show all authors , Kolandaiveloo V 2 , Ruviniyia K 2 , Matthews L 3

Affiliations 

  • 1 Institute of Biodiversity, Animal Health and Comparative Medicine, University of Glasgow, Bearsden Road, Glasgow, G61 1QH, United Kingdom; Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Universiti Malaysia Kelantan, Pengkalan Chepa, Kota Bharu, Kelantan, 16100, Malaysia. Electronic address: basripuzi@umk.edu.my
  • 2 Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Universiti Putra Malaysia, UPM Serdang, Selangor, 43400, Malaysia
  • 3 Institute of Biodiversity, Animal Health and Comparative Medicine, University of Glasgow, Bearsden Road, Glasgow, G61 1QH, United Kingdom
Vet Parasitol, 2020 Oct 15;287:109274.
PMID: 33086185 DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2020.109274

Abstract

This study was conducted to investigate potential interactions between the abomasal blood feeder Haemonchus contortus and the intestinal mucosal browser Trichostrongylus colubriformis among deliberately infected Boer goats. Faecal and blood samples were collected twice a week for eight weeks from 25 parasite-naïve goats. Correlation analysis and multiple linear regression models were conducted to explore the association between phenotypic variables and variables taken at necropsy. Positive associations were identified between total FEC and log T. colubriformis number (r = 0.62, p 

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