The prevalence of bovine fasciolosis in the study sites was significantly p prevalence was 32. Prevalence of bovine fasciolosis and economic importance in. Faculty of veterinary medicine, gondar university, ethiopia abstract the study was conducted to determine the prevalence of bovine fasciolosis and to assess the effectiveness. Prevalence and susceptibility to commonly used anthelmintics fekadu a. Fasciolosis which is termed as liver fluke disease is caused by the two greatest veterinary important species of the genus fasciola namely f. Statistically significant variation was observed in the prevalence of fasciolosis among animals with medium 50% and good 32. In ethiopia bovine fasciolosis is a widely distributed disease which imposes economic impact on livestock production particularly of cattle and sheep 10.
The prevalence of bovine and ovine fasciolosis and the associated. Bovine fascioliasis is a parasitic disease of cattle caused by trematodes usually fasciola gigantica and rarely fasciola hepatica in the tropical. Study on prevalence of bovine fasciolosis and its economic impact. Fasciola hepatica was found to the only liver fluke species affecting cattle slaughtered in the study area dominating the overall fluke burden. Study conducted by different scholars in ethiopia indicated that the prevalence of bovine fasciolosis is ranging from 20. Prevalence of bovine fasciolosis and its economic loss due to. Pdf prevalence of bovine fasciolosis and economic significance. A study was conducted to determine the prevalence rate and the economic significance of bovine fasciolosis in jimma municipality abattoir by using postmortem examination of liver of each.
From the total of 247 cattle examined, the overall prevalence of bovine fasciolosis in the study area was 16. The prevalence of bovine fasciolosis was highest 71 30. Study of prevalence and associated risk factors of bovine. Pdf a total of 768 cattle were randomly selected among those animals slaughtered at adwa municipal abattoir to determine the prevalence and the. Pdf the prevalence and economic significance of bovine. Prevalence of bovine fasciolosis and its economic loss due. Pdf prevalence of bovine fasciolosis in and around. Pdf study was conducted to determine prevalence of bovine fasciolosis and economic significance in and around chora wereda. Prevalence of bovine fascioliasis and economic impact associated.
Fasciolosis is a serious animal health problem in ethiopia where cattle raising is very important to the local economy. Prevalence of bovine fasciolosis in and around gondar. The prevalence of bovine fasciolosis was highest 7. A cross sectional study was carried out with the objectives to determining the prevalence, risk factor and economic importance of bovine fasciolosis in sheno town.
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