Short Communication: A small-scale coprological survey of the endoparasites in the Himalayan goral Naemorhedus goral (Hardwick, 1825) in Nepal

Jagan Nath Adhikari (Central Department of Zoology, Institute of Science and Technology, Tribhuvan University. Kirtipur, Kathmandu, Nepal)
Roshan Babu Adhikari (Animal Research Laboratory, Faculty of Science, Nepal Academy of Science and Technology. Khumaltar, Lalitpur, Nepal)
Bishnu Prasad Bhattarai (Central Department of Zoology, Institute of Science and Technology, Tribhuvan University. Kirtipur, Kathmandu, Nepal)
Tej Bahadur Thapa (Central Department of Zoology, Institute of Science and Technology, Tribhuvan University. Kirtipur, Kathmandu, Nepal)
Tirth Raj Ghimire (Animal Research Laboratory, Faculty of Science, Nepal Academy of Science and Technology. Khumaltar, Lalitpur, Nepal)

Biodiversitas Journal of Biological Diversity
Vol. 22 No. 3 (2021)

Abstract. Adhikari JN, Adhikari RB, Bhattarai BP, Thapa TB, Ghimire TR. 2021. Short Communication: A small-scale coprological survey of the endoparasites in the Himalayan goral Naemorhedus goral (Hardwick, 1825) in Nepal. Biodiversitas 22: 1285-1290. This study was carried out to detect the various endoparasites in the fecal samples of the Himalayan goral Naemorhedus goral (Hardwicke, 1825) from a forest patch of Rumsi area, the Seti River basin, Tanahun district, Nepal. Importantly, 17 fecal samples (89.5%) were positive for different parasites. Their positive rates showed the following orders as Strongyle (73.7%), Entamoeba sp. (52.6%), Strongyloides sp. (52.6%), Cryptosporidium sp. (26.3%), Cyclospora sp. (26.3%), Eimeria sp. (10.5%), Mullerius capillaris (10.5%), and Blastocystis sp. (5.3%). These results showed the prevalence status of the endoparasites in the Himalayan goral. This study provides general knowledge about the parasitic community using a non-invasive method. This is the first work in Himalayan goral of Nepal, hence intensive study to the other parts of Nepal is recommended.