Impact of Helminth Parasites in Buffaloes

India is an agriculture based country and livestock sector is a major part of it. Livestock sector plays a major role in Indian economy, which is about 5.36 per cent of total GDP and 26.62 per cent of agricultural GDP. In India Gujarat is one of the leading states in agriculture and showing high growth rate since last few years. Animal husbandry had played crucial and vital role in achieving such attractive growth rate. Production of buffaloes is directly related to health, thus the prime objective to keep them free from any infection and infestation, which adversely affects its milk production.Among different Bubaline parasitic infections, helminthic diseases are most varied and of common occurrence. The buffalo is exposed to a higher risk of infection with snail borne helminthes as compared to cattle, due to the animal’s propensity to seek rivers, pools or swamps for wallowing. The effect of these parasites is strongly dependent on the number of parasites and the nutritional status of the animals they are infecting.