Fasciola gigantica Parasitic Infection in Slaughtered Cows and Buffaloes
Fasciola gigantica Parasitic Infection in Slaughtered Cows and Buffaloes
Hind Abdulzahra Abdulkadhim Alshaibani1*, Abdul Jaleel Aziz Karim Alqaraghli2, Mohammed Azeez Yasir Alzaidi3
ABSTRACT
Fasciolosis is a parasitic disease of livestock and is widespread throughout the world. As a neglected tropical disease, fasciolosis can spread from animal to human raising zoonotic public health implications. In order to ascertain the prevalence of Fasciola gigantica, causative agent of fasciolosis, we investigated routinely slaughtered animals (cows and buffaloes) in Iraq. In the central slaughterhouse of Nasiriyah, 58 F. gigantica adults were collected from the livers of cows and buffaloes. We observed that buffaloes were infected with fasciolosis at a rate of 15.29%, higher than the incidence of fasciolosis in cows (10.66%). We recorded a greater prevalence of fasciolosis in females than in males, as the prevalence of bovine fasciolosis in females and males reached 15% and 9.09%, respectively. The infection rate in slaughtered buffalo for males and females was 13.33% and 20%, respectively. The results of the current research also showed that the infection rate in the age group <1.5 reached 10.34%, while the infection rate in the age group 1-2.5 was about 13.79%, and the infection rate in the age group 2-2.5 was about 15. 51%. In the age group between 2.5-3.5, the percentage was 22.72%, while for the oldest age group it was >3.5, with a rate of 30.30%, which is the highest. Taken together, finding of this study provide clear distribution of fasciolosis across animals, ages and sex. These findings facilitate better control measures, assess efficacy of existing deworming application and to delineate the causation of dropping animal productivity.
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