Abstract
The current study was conducted in low land area of Northern Hindukush region to explore the prevalence of blood parasites in in indigenous Achai and it’s crossbred with Jersey cattle associated with different risk factors like breed, gender, age, herd size, feeding system and deworming. A total (n= 250) blood samples were collected from different cattle. Giemsa stain was used to assess the presence of blood parasites eggs or ova. Results revealed an overall prevalence of 43.6 % (109/250) in the study area. Crossbred were found more susceptible to heamoparasitism than indigenous Achai cattle (34.0%, P= .008), while female cattle had higher prevalence rates (33.6%, P= .024) as compared to their male counterparts. Regarding management factor, cattle which excercised grazing revealed higher parasitic prevalence as compared to cattle on mixed feeding system (33.2%, P= .006). Similarly, cattle that experience deworming reported lower heamoparasitism as compared to cattle which hadn’t been dewormed (32.0% (p= .000). Anaplasma was recorded the most identified specie with (29.2%) of prevalence followed by theileria (9.6%) and babesia (4.8%) were recorded the lowest identified parasitic specie. In conclusion, cattle in Dir lower have higher incidence rate of blood parasites, need proper attention for creating effective control strategies while keeping in view the breed, gender, age, herd size, feeding system and deworming as the potential risk factors.
Article History
Received: Jan 09, 2026; Accepted: Sep 23, 2026; Published: Sep 30, 2026
Recommended Citation
Shah, M. Z.,
Saleem, M.,
& Khalil, Z. U.
(2026).
Risk Assessment and Distribution of Haemoparasitism in Indigenous Achai and Crossbred Cattle in Lowland Areas of Northern Hindukush Mountains,
Journal of Bioresource Management, 13
(3).
