Bio-ecological characteristics of cysticercosis pathogens in individual sheep farms of the Absheron region

After our republic gained independence for the second time, the socio-economic conditions in the country changed, collective farms and state farms based on public ownership were abolished, and in their place a large number of small peasant farms based on private ownership were established. The helminth fauna of sheep in such newly established farms, the identification of newly formed foci, the implementation of measures to combat them, etc. remained unstudied until recent years, with some minor exceptions. The article discusses the study of the infection of the species “Cysticercus tenuicollis”, “Cysticercus ovis” by research stations, altitude zones and seasons of the year. The highest extent and intensity of the invasion of “Cysticercus tenuicollis” was recorded in the villages of Gizildere (21%), Jeyranbatan (19.0%), Mashtaga, Fatmayi, Shorabad, Tudar (16.6% each), Altiaghaj (16.3%), and the lowest extent and intensity were recorded in the villages of Zira (8.8%), Hovsan (9.1%). According to the results of studies by altitudinal zones, the mountainous zone dominates over the plain and foothill zones in terms of both extensiveness (18.9%) and intensity (1-34 blisters) of invasion.