PREVALENCE OF BOVINE SCHISTOSOMOSIS IN FOGERA DISTRICT
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Prevalence, Schistosoma bovis, Fogera, EthiopiaAbstract
A cross-sectional study was conducted from February 2019 to April 2020 in Fogera district to determine the prevalence of bovine Schistosomosis. Schistosomosis in cattle is one of the well known parasitic diseases locally referred to as ‘’Yeweha till’’ meaning water-borne worm infection. From the total of 430 cattle examined using coproscopical examination in the field survey 27.9% (n= 120) were found to be positive for schistosoma bovis. Of the total 80 cattle examined in the abattoir, 12.5% (n=10) were positive for shistosoma adult female and male worms during postmortem finding but only 6.25% (n=5) of them were found positive schistosoma eggs using coproscopical examination. The prevalence of schistosomosis was found also higher in local cattle (23.49%) than that of Fogera (6.04%) and cross-bred cattle (Local X Fogera) (4.42%). The prevalence of the disease was higher in age group of cattle above 5 years of age (15.8%) than that of age groups between 1.5 to 5 years (10%) and below 1.5 years (2.09%). The prevalence of bovine Schistosomosis in female cattle (14.90 %) was found greater than that of male (13.02%). The present study was carried out on bovine schistosomosis in Fogera district has the objectives of to provide detailed information of cattle Schistosomosis, to determine the prevalence of bovine schistosomosis according to sex, age and breed of cattle and to determine the prevalence of bovine schistosomosis in slaughtered animals.
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