| abattoir condemnation due to parasitic infections and its economic implications in the region of trikala, greece. | the prevalence of parasitic infections responsible for the condemnation of carcasses and viscera during meat inspection, and their economic implication, was estimated in a year long abattoir survey of 10 277 slaughtered farm animals in the region of trikala, greece. the organs examined for the presence of parasitic lesions during meat inspection were: liver and lungs of all animals, rumen of cattle, small intestine of lambs and kids, and muscles of cattle and swine. the parasitic lesions observe ... | 2002 | 12241028 |
| [the incidence of dicrocoelium dendriticum in emmental]. | a cross-sectional field study on the prevalence of dicrocoelium dendriticum was performed in the emmental. the study included 211 bovines, 170 equines, 20 ovines, 46 caprines and 23 rabbits (from 119 farms). in addition, laboratory routine diagnostic data obtained from 2.840 animals--all originating from the same area of investigation--were assessed in the same way. the infection extent concerning the different animal species were the following: bovines 46%, equines 12%, ovines 30%, caprines 48% ... | 2006 | 17009717 |
| helminths of wild boar in the isolated population close to the northern border of its habitat area. | one hundred wild boars (sus scrofa) from a geographically isolated population on the island saaremaa of western estonia were examined for visceral helminths. seven helminth species, metastrongylus pudendotectus, m. salmi, m. elongatus, ascaris suum, trichuris suis, dicrocoelium dendriticum and taenia hydatigena larva, were found. the predominant helminths discovered were lung nematodes (prevalence 82%, mean intensity 96.2 per animal). a significant negative correlation was observed between the w ... | 2007 | 17964726 |
| [hepatobiliary fascioliasis and echinococcosis/hydatidosis in domestic animals in haiti]. | in haiti, hepatobiliary fascioliasis and hepatic hydatid cysts cause major economic losses among livestock. surveys show high prevalence rates for bovine distomatosis caused by fasciola hepatica (10.7% to 22.78%). among small ruminants, the prevalence of distomatosis is low (sheep: 3.2%, goats: 0.9%) although dicrocoelium dendriticum is found in 1.1% of sheep. hepatic hydatidosis is more common among pigs (5.2%) and sheep (2.1%) than among goats (0.9%) and cattle (0.3%). in the case of dogs, 21% ... | 2007 | 18293622 |
| natural trematode infestation in feral nebrodi black pigs: pathological investigations. | few studies describe the parasites of pigs bred in the wild state, although pigs are a known reservoir of trematode infestation. this article reports the results of a retrospective study carried out from january 2003 to june 2007 on 3021 nebrodi black male and female pigs, regularly slaughtered, aged between 8 months and 4 years. fasciola hepatica and dicrocoelium dendriticum flukes were detected in 143 (4.37%) of 3021 livers. the predominant histological features were multifocal to diffuse chro ... | 2009 | 19038498 |
| helminth infections of wild boars ( sus scrofa) in the bursa province of turkey. | the present study aimed to investigate the status of helminth infections in wild boars in the bursa province of turkey. for this purpose, during 2007-2008, 27 wild boars were necropsied and examined for helminths. individual samples of tongue and diaphragm from 27 necropsied wild boars and an additional 22 tongue and diaphragm samples provided by hunters were examined by trichinoscopy and artificial digestion for trichinella spp. larvae. twenty animals (74%) were identified as being infected wit ... | 2010 | 21114894 |