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Item PREVALENCE OF ECTOPARASITES AMONG SHEEP AND GOATS SOLD AT SABUWAR KARA MARKET, GUSAU, ZAMFARA STATE, NIGERIA(Federal University Gusau Zamfara State, 2018-11-12) 1410303011; 1410303011A study was conducted in order to determine the prevalence of ectoparasites of sheep and goats sold at Sabuwar Kara market, Gusau, Zamfara state in October 2018. A total of 220 animals comprising of 120 sheep and 100 goats were examined and using the hand picking and hair brushing methods, ectoparasites present on the animals were collected out of two hundred and twenty (220) animals examined, 35 (29.2%) were sheep and 25 (25.0%) goats were infested .The ectoparasites identified on sheep were Lice (Damalinia avis) 10 (4.5%) and Ticks (Amblyomma sp.) 18 (150%), (Boophilus sp.) 2 (1.7%), (Rhipicephalus sp.) 5 (3. 2%). The ectoparasites identified on goats were Ticks (Rhipicephalus sp.) 5 (5.0%),( Amblyomma sp.) 8 (8.0%), (Hyalomma sp.) 8 (8.0%) and Mites (Sarcoptes scabiei) 4 (4.0%). Ectoparasite infestations were higher in adult animals, 27 (36.0%) in sheep and 18 (32.10%) in goats than in young animals; 8 (17.8%) in sheep and 7(15.9%) in goats. Female animals of 25 (38.5%) sheep and 17 (30. 9%) goats were more infested than male animals of 10 (18.2%) sheep and 8 (17.8%) goats. Single infestations recorded in 35 (29.2%) sheep and 25 (25.0%) goats were higher than double infestations recorded in 1 2 (51 O. 0%) sheep and 9 (9. 0%) goats. Chi square test revealed no statistically significant differences in the prevalence of ectoparasites infestations between sheep and goats, in age of sheep and goats, but revealed statistically significant differences in sex of sheep and goats, (p<0.05). The study concludes that ectoparasites are common to both sheep and goats in sabuwar Kara market Gusau, Zamfara state.