ABSTRACT
Gastro Intestinal Helminthiasis was investigated among primary school children in Ihengwu village, Oko between February and March 2015. Sixty samples of freshly collected faeces from sixty randomly selected primary school children between the age of four and ten years from two selected primary schools; Gaius Benton and Pope John primary schools, Oko were analyzed. A small quantity of each faecal sample was collected from the specimen bottle and emulsified on a clean microscopic slide and then examined microscopically of the 60 samples examined, 52(86.7%) harbored helminthes ova, Ascaris Lumbricoides was 33(55%), Ancylostoma duodenale was 14(23.3%) and Trichuris trichiura was 5(8.3%).
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Title page i
Certification ii
Dedication iii
Acknowledgement iv
Table of Contents v
Abstract vii
CHAPTER ONE
Introduction 1
Background of the study 1
Aim/objectives 9
Scope of the study 9
CHAPTER TWO
Literature Review 10
General structure of nematodes 16
Geographical distribution of helminthes 19
Morphology of helminthes 22
Mode of transmission of helminthes 27
Economics importance of helminthes 29
CHAPTER THREE
Materials and Method 31
Materials 31
Methods 31
Processing 33
Identification of helminthes 33
Floatation techniques 33
CHAPTER FOUR
Results 35
CHAPTER FIVE
Discussion 38
Conclusion 39
Recommendations 40
Reference 41
