HELMINTHIC FAUNA IN CATTLE PROCEEDING FROM THE MUNICIPALITY OF ELDORADO DO SUL, RIO GRANDE DO SUL, BRAZILThis research identified the following species: Haemonchus similis (Travassos, 1904); Ostertagia ostertagi (Stiles, 1892); Cooperia oncophora (Railliet, 1898); Cooperia punctata (v.Linstow, 1907); Cooperia pectinata (Ranson, 1907); Cooperia spatulata (Baylis, 1938); Trichostrongylus axei (Cobbold, 1879); Tcolubriformis (Giles, 1892); Bunostomum phlebotomum (Railliet, 1900); Nematodirus spatigher (Railliet, 1896); Oesophagostomum radiatum (Rudolphi, 1803); Trichuris discolor (v. Linstow, 1906); Moniezia benedeni (Moniez, 1879); Mamomonogamus laryngeus (Railliet, 1899); Dictyocaulus viviparus (Bloch, 1782) and Paramphistomum spp (Fischoeder, 1901). All the genera identified revealed moderate leveis of infection showing evidence of the parasitoses determined for the helminths belonging to the Trichostrongylidae and Paramphistomidae families.
KEY WORDS:
gastrintestinal helminths; Trichostrongylidae; Paramphistomidae