Title: Ovine Fasciolosis: Episodeand Major Determinants in Haru District, Western Ethiopia
Abstract: Across sectional study was undertaken to determine the prevalence of ovine fasciolosisand evaluate the associated risk factors in Haru district,West Wollega Zone, Oromiaregion, western Ethiopiafrom Octoberto December 2011.Faecalsamples were collected from 384 sheep and examined usingthe standard sedimentation technique to detect Fasciolaeggs. The over all prevalence of ovine fasciolosis was 43.75%. Among the different study sites, the animals from the Yukira (54.9%) had higher prevalence of fasciolosis, followed by Jitu (44.68%), Kombolcha (40.56%) and Ganet-Abbo (38.93%). The prevalence of Fasciola infection among male and female sheep was 44.9% and 42.5%, respectively. Differences of prevalence in study sites and sexes were shown to have no statistical significant difference (P > 0.05). A higher age-wise Fasciolainfection prevalence was found in sheep of > 3 years old (49.8%) followed by 1-3 years (45.8%) and 3 years old and 0.05) in prevalence among the body conditionscores. The present study revealed that infection of sheep by fasciolosis was attributed to the presence of favorable environmentfor the abundance of intermediate host and the parasite hence, requiring immediate strategic intervention against the disease.
Publication Year: 2012
Publication Date: 2012-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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