Abstract
A survey was conducted to determine prevalence of intestinal parasites in different seasons in male and female shepherds of Swat, district of Pakistan. Faecal samples of 256 members (159 male and 97 female) of Shepherds families were collected and brought to the Laboratory, Vertebrate Pest Control Institute (VPCI), Southern Zone-Agricultural Research Centre (SARC), Pakistan Agricultural Research Council (PARC), Karachi for examination. The microscopic examination was done by Wet Mount Techniques (WMT), floatation and sedimentation techniques. Of these 203 (79.2%) harboured parasites. From 203 infected samples 103 had one parasite species, 57 had two, 31 had three and 12 had four parasitic species. Helminthic infestation included Ascaris lumbricoides (108, 30.1%), Trichuris trichura (57, 15.9%), Enterobius vermicularis (37, 10.3%), Hook worm (24, 6.70%), Taenia saginata (59, 16.4%) and Hymenolepis nana (25, 6.98%), Entamoeba histolytica/dispar (26, 7.26%) and Giardia intestinalis (21, 5.86%). Males were found more infected than female
