Distribution of melophagosis of sheep in farms of Zaporizhzhia region

Abstract

We presents the results of clinical and parasitological research on the study of degree of invasiveness of sheep by Melophagus ovinus in terms farms of different forms of ownership (agricultural enterprises, farmers and private peasant economy) in Zaporizhzhya region. It was established that the average extensiveness of melophagosic invasion of sheep population was 29,51 % for the intensity of infestation – 98,29±1,57 instances of insects. The most affected by agent of melophagosis were the causative sheep that were kept in personal peasant and farms than animals belonging to agricultural enterprises.