Prevalence of dicrocoeliosis in sheep and goats in Himachal Pradesh, India

A survey incorporating field and abattoir studies was carried out on the prevalence of Dicrocoelium dendriticum in sheep and goats in the Kangra valley of Himachal Pradesh (India). Coprological studies on these migratory animals revealed that 8.1% of sheep and 4.1% of goats were positive for dicroco...

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Published in:Veterinary parasitology 1996-02, Vol.61 (3), p.265-271
Main Authors: Jithendran, K.P., Bhat, T.K.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animals
CAPRIN
CAPRINOS
Demography
Dicrocoeliasis - epidemiology
Dicrocoeliasis - pathology
Dicrocoeliasis - veterinary
Dicrocoelium - isolation & purification
DICROCOELIUM DENDRITICUM
EPIDEMIOLOGIA
EPIDEMIOLOGIE
EPIDEMIOLOGY
Epidemiology-Nematoda
Feces - parasitology
Geography
Goat
Goat Diseases - epidemiology
GOATS
HIMACHAL PRADESH
India - epidemiology
Liver - parasitology
Liver - pathology
MORBIDITE
MORBIDITY
MORBOSIDAD
OVIN
OVINOS
Parasite Egg Count
Seasons
SHEEP
Sheep Diseases - epidemiology
Sheep-Nematoda
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Summary:A survey incorporating field and abattoir studies was carried out on the prevalence of Dicrocoelium dendriticum in sheep and goats in the Kangra valley of Himachal Pradesh (India). Coprological studies on these migratory animals revealed that 8.1% of sheep and 4.1% of goats were positive for dicrocoeliosis, with a mean number of eggs per gram of faeces (EPG) of 702.1 for sheep and 566.7 for goats. The necropsy liver examination of slaughtered animals revealed that 24.1% of sheep and 12.3% of goats were infected with D. dendriticum and they had mean fluke burdens of 247.2 (sheep) and 298.1 (goats). No significant differences in fluke burden, liver lesion score and EPG count were observed between sheep and goats. The seasonal distribution of dicrocoeliosis indicated a higher percentage of infection in autumn and winter as compared with spring and summer. The potential role of migratory sheep and goats in the epizootiology of dicrocoeliosis is discussed.
ISSN:0304-4017
1873-2550
DOI:10.1016/0304-4017(95)00834-9