Prevalence of Fascioliasis in Slaughtered Ruminants at Muyinga Slaughterhouse, Burundi
Prevalence of Fascioliasis in Slaughtered Ruminants at Muyinga Slaughterhouse, Burundi
Salvator Minani1,2*, Eric Nsengiyumva1, Anatole Bigirimana1,2, Arnaud Cubahiro1,2, Dieudonné Ntakirutimana1,2 and Vénuste Bizoza1,2
ABSTRACT
Fascioliasis is a parasitic zoonosis caused by Fasciola hepatica and Fasciola gigantica affecting mainly domestic ruminants and occasionally humans. Due to the lack of epidemiological studies of fascioliasis in Burundi, this study was carried out to assess the prevalence of fascioliasis by liver inspection in slaughtered ruminants at Muyinga slaughterhouse. The liver of each slaughtered domestic ruminant was inspected, palpated and incised to look for flukes in the liver bile ducts. Statistical analysis was done using R software. A total of 265 domestic ruminants including 69 cattle, 190 goats, and 6 sheep were inspected to determine the presence of Fasciola spp. in their livers. The prevalence of Fasciola spp. was 13.04% (95% CI: 5.10-20.99) in cattle, 3.16% (95% CI: 0.67-5.64) in goats and 0.00% in sheep. The difference between the prevalence of Fasciola spp. in cattle and goats was statistically significant (OR= 4.60 (95% CI: 1.57-13.46), χ2 = 7.345, p = 0.007). The result of this study confirmed the presence of fascioliasis in domestic ruminants in Burundi. Further studies assessing the epidemiology and socio-economic impacts of fascioliasis as well as the ecology of snails and larval fluke transmission in the definitive host should be conducted in Burundi. Effective control methods of liver flukes for intermediate and definitive hosts should be implemented to control fascioliasis in Burundi.
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