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A socio-economic study of Fasciola infections in cattle and sheep at the Etoudi slaughterhouse, Yaoundé, Cameroon

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 October 2019

E.E. Takang ,
M. LeBreton ,
C.E. Ayuk  and
E.T. MacLeod Open the ORCID record for E.T. MacLeod [Opens in a new window]
E.E. Takang
Affiliation:
Infection Medicine, Deanery of Biomedical Sciences, Edinburgh Medical School, College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK Ministry of Livestock, Fisheries and Animal Industries, Yaoundé, Republic of Cameroon
M. LeBreton
Affiliation:
Mosaic, BP 35353, Yaoundé, Republic of Cameroon
C.E. Ayuk
Affiliation:
ANICARE, Yaoundé, Cameroon
E.T. MacLeod*
Affiliation:
Infection Medicine, Deanery of Biomedical Sciences, Edinburgh Medical School, College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
*
Author for correspondence: Ewan T. MacLeod, E-mail: ewan.macleod@ed.c.uk
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Abstract

A cross-sectional socio-economic study of fascioliasis in livestock was carried out at the Livestock Development Cooperation (SODEPA) slaughterhouse in Etoudi, Yaoundé during the periods covering the beginning and late dry season in the northern and eastern regions of Cameroon. A total of 768 cattle and 267 sheep were inspected for the presence of Fasciola species. The overall infection rate in cattle and sheep was 18% (n = 767) and 27% (n = 267), respectively. For the animals that were Fasciola positive, a total of 267.86 kg of liver in cattle was condemned, resulting in a loss of US$1124, while a total of 57 kg of liver was condemned from the sheep population, amounting to a loss of US$114. A total of US$76,097 was determined as losses incurred from condemnation of liver for both cattle and sheep per annum based on the total number slaughtered each year. The findings indicate that fascioliasis is present in cattle and sheep slaughtered in Cameroon and that it causes great economic losses due to condemnation of liver. The local climatic conditions, husbandry systems and the presence of snails (intermediate hosts) are probably the main factors influencing the incidence of the disease and may account for the epidemiological significance found in this study.

Keywords

FasciolaCamerooncattlesheep
Type
Research Paper
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Journal of Helminthology , Volume 94 , 2020 , e92
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2019 

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