Abstract

GIRALDO FORERO, Julio César; DIAZ ANAYA, Adriana María  and  PULIDO MEDELLIN, Martín Orlando. Prevalence of fasciola hepatica in cattle in the slaughterhouse of the Municipality of Une, Cundinamarca, Colombia. Rev. investig. vet. Perú [online]. 2016, vol.27, n.4, pp.751-757. ISSN 1609-9117.  http://dx.doi.org/10.15381/rivep.v27i4.12572.

The aim if this study was to determine the prevalence of Fasciola hepatica in cattle at the slaughterhouse of the municipality of Une, Cundinamarca, Colombia. Sample size was calculated based on the slaughter rate of 2013 plus 6% increase (n=142). Adult parasites were collected from the biliary duct. Bile and faecal material were also collected. The modified Ritchie-Frick technique was used to analyse faecal samples. The prevalence of F. hepatica was 39.4% based on eggs in the bile, 32.4% based on the presence of adult parasites in biliary ducts and 15.5% based on the presence of eggs in faecal samples. Positive animals for presence of adult parasites plus eggs in bile and faecal samples was 15.5%.

Keywords : Fasciola hepatica; cross-sectional study; cattle; trematode; bile.

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