Research Article
Prevalence of Gastrointestinal Parasites in Pigs: A Preliminary Study in Tolon and Kumbungu Districts, Ghana
Table 2
Method of screening that identified the various gastrointestinal parasites.
| S/N | Parasite identified | Phylum | Method of identification | Sedimentation | Centrifugal flotation |
| 1 | Ascaris suum | Nematoda | × | ✓ | 2 | Coccidia | Apicomplexa | ✓ | × | 3 | Globocephalus urosubulatus | Nematoda | ✓ | ✓ | 4 | Hyostrongylus rubidus | Nematoda | ✓ | ✓ | 5 | Macracanthorhynchus hirudinaceus | Acanthocephala | ✓ | × | 6 | Metastrongylus spp. | Nematoda | ✓ | ✓ | 7 | Oesophagostomum dentatum | Nematoda | ✓ | ✓ | 8 | Physocephalus sexalatus | Nematoda | ✓ | × | 9 | Stephanurus dentatus | Nematoda | × | ✓ | 10 | Strongyloides ransomi | Nematoda | ✓ | ✓ | 11 | Trichuris suis | Nematoda | ✓ | × |
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✓ = screening method that identified the said parasite; × = not identified.
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