Fascioliasis among live and slaugthered animals in nine centers of Dakahlia governorate

ABSTRACT

This work clarified the status of animal fascioliasis in Daqahlia centers based on a parasitological examination of cows, buffalos, sheep and goats. The overall rates of infection were 12.31%, 9.73%, 17.84% and 5.40%, respectively. The mean eggs per gram stool were 22, 13.6, 148.3 and 8.6 for cows, buffalos, sheep and goats. The mean numbers of Fasciola worms/liver/animal were 69.1, 62.7 and 208.1 for cows, buffalos and sheep, respectively. The highly infected sheep were in Manzalla [23.07%] and the lowest were in Mataria [6.35%]. The highly infected cows were in Manzalla [20.9%] and the lowest were in Sherbeen [9.43%]. The highly infected buffalos were in Manzalla [19.29%], the lowest were in Mit-Ghamr [4.93%]. The relatively highly infected goats were in Manzalla [12.5%] and the lowest were in Mit- Ghamr. So, sheep are the main reservoir host for the environmental pollution and human fascioliasis. On the other hand, the overall partial condemnation of liver was 3.81% [1997], 3.24% [1998], 2.66% [1999] and 2.64% [2000]; it was 6.38% in cows, 1.74% in buffalos and 1.0% in sheep