Liverfluke Coprological Cross-Sectional Survey in Cattle, Sheep and Goats in Sharazur District Kurdistan- Iraq

Ali, Kwestan Najm; Marif, Hardi Fattah; Kakarash, Nawroz Akram; Mohammed, Hawsar Othman

doi:10.37940/AJVS.2021.14.1.3

	Liverfluke Coprological Cross-Sectional Survey in Cattle, Sheep and Goats in Sharazur District Kurdistan- Iraq
Al-Anbar Journal of Veterinary Sciences
Volume 14, Issue 1, September 2021, Pages 29-41 PDF (931.96 K)
Document Type: Research Paper
DOI: 10.37940/AJVS.2021.14.1.3
Authors
Kwestan Najm Ali¹; Hardi Fattah Marif¹; Nawroz Akram Kakarash²; Hawsar Othman Mohammed³
¹Department of Internal Medicine and Clinic, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Sulaimani, Sulaimani City, Kurdistan Region, Northern Iraq
²Department of Anatomy and Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Sulaimani, Sulaimani City, Kurdistan Region, Nortehrn Iraq
³Department of Basic Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Sulaimani, Sulaimani City, Kurdistan Region, Northern Iraq
Abstract
Cross-sectional coprological survey was conducted to know the prevalence of liver flukes in cattle, sheep and goats in Sharazur district Kurdistan- Iraq from June 2018 to March 2020. Parasitological examination of fecal samples collected from 685 animals from several field (280 sheep, 245 goats and 160 cattle) was done by using sedimentation method (Fecal Egg Count Reduction Test- FECRT). We revealed that an overall Fasciola species prevalence were (49.48%). Liver fascioliasis was documented highly in sheep (55.71%), followed by cattle (47.5 %) and goats (43.67%). Risk factors such as age and sex showed a significant effects on the prevalence of liver flukes (P<0.05). A higher prevalence rate was noticed and identified in animals older than 3 years old (57.66%) and it was higher than those found in middle age (47.71%) and in young animals (31%). The prevalence of female Fascioliasis was (52.74%) and higher than male Fasciolasis which was (40%).
Keywords
Fasciola gigantica; Fasciola hepatica; Foodborne diseases; Snails; Sharazur district

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