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KMID : 1023520080310020207
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Korean Journal of Veterinary Service
2008 Volume.31 No. 2 p.207 ~ p.217
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Epidemiological study on prevalence of fascioliasis in slaughtered cattle
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Kim Yong-Hwan
Park Jong-Tae
Kim Jae-Ik
Kim Hyun-Joong
Kim Tae-Sun
Jang Mi-Sun
Kim Jeong-Nam
Park Duk-Woong
Bae Seong-Yeol
Park Ja-Yoon
Seo Eun-Ju
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Abstract
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This study was carried out to investigate the prevalence of fascioliasis of slaughtered and farmed cattle in Gwangju area from February to November in 2007. A total of 1,000 cattle fecal samples were collected from slaughter houses (n=805) and farms (n=185). Twelve (1.2%) were found as positive cases with excretion of the egg of Fasciola spp in the fecal specimens, and 128 (12.8%) were positive in intestinal parasitism using the flotation and sedimentation procedures. The infection rate of fluke larvae from the slaughtered cattle at abattoirs in Gwangju was 0.75% (6 out of 805 heads). In histopathology, there were several liver lesions such as inflammation with infiltration of eosinophil, polymorphonuclear cells, mononuclear cells and multinucleated giant cells, proliferation of connective tissue, calcification and abscess formation.
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KEYWORD
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Fasciola spp, Cattle, Histopathology, Fecal examinations, Slaughterhouse
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