Parasitic diseases are one of the major constraints for livestock rearing in developing countries. According to the 19 th livestock census (2012), the livestock population in India is 512.05 million, which includes the rural population of 491.69 million and urban population of 31.31 million. Parasitic diseases contribute 31 per cent of livestock diseases and were more among cattle (13.83 per cent) followed by poultry (9.71 per cent) and goats (5.62 per cent)(ADSS, 2007). Most of the rural livestock population is reared on grazing based system and these animals are always exposed to parasites, thus constantly being reinfected in a chain reaction mode (Kumar et al., 2013). The annual growth rate of Indian cattle population is only 0.5 per cent against the expected rate of 1.0 per cent of total livestock population mainly caused by helminthic infections (Swapna and Nithinya,