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Trematode infections in cattle in Arumeru District, Tanzania are associated with irrigation
BACKGROUND: The relationship between the environment and infection of cattle with trematodes was studied at Arumeru District, Arusha Region, northern Tanzania. Randomly selected villages were grouped into three cattle management strata, (i) zero-grazing (ZZ) (ii) communal grazing without irrigation...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3994541/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24650420 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-3305-7-107 |
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author | Nzalawahe, Jahashi Kassuku, Ayub A Stothard, J Russell Coles, Gerald C Eisler, Mark C |
author_facet | Nzalawahe, Jahashi Kassuku, Ayub A Stothard, J Russell Coles, Gerald C Eisler, Mark C |
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description | BACKGROUND: The relationship between the environment and infection of cattle with trematodes was studied at Arumeru District, Arusha Region, northern Tanzania. Randomly selected villages were grouped into three cattle management strata, (i) zero-grazing (ZZ) (ii) communal grazing without irrigation (ZC) and (iii) communal grazing with irrigation (ZCI). METHODS: Faecal samples were collected from 241 cattle, and processed using the Flukefinder® method. Snail intermediate hosts were collected with a snail scoop from the water bodies in the study villages and identified morphologically. RESULTS: The overall prevalence of F. gigantica, paramphistomes and S. bovis were 33%, 37% and 2% respectively. Prevalence for F. gigantica, paramphistomes, and S. bovis for each stratum were, zero-grazing (ZZ) (29.7%, 36.0% and 0%), communal grazing without irrigation (ZC) (6.3%, 15.0% and 3.8%) and communal grazing with irrigation (ZCI) (57.7%, 56.7% and 1.0%) respectively. The differences between strata were significant for F. gigantica (p < 0.001) and paramphistomes (p < 0.05) but not for S. bovis. Irrigation could account for the high prevalence of F. gigantica and paramphistomes in the ZCI stratum as compared to the ZZ and ZC strata. The higher prevalences of F. gigantica and paramphistomes in the ZZ stratum compared with the ZC stratum were unexpected and attributed to the practice of farmers in some ZZ stratum villages buying fodder for their cattle obtained from pastures in ZCI villages. CONCLUSION: Trematode infections in cattle are prevalent in Arumeru District. Fasciola gigantica and paramphistomes are associated with grazing in areas with irrigation of crops. Zero-grazing of cattle does not necessarily prevent the risk of infection. |
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spelling | pubmed-39945412014-04-23 Trematode infections in cattle in Arumeru District, Tanzania are associated with irrigation Nzalawahe, Jahashi Kassuku, Ayub A Stothard, J Russell Coles, Gerald C Eisler, Mark C Parasit Vectors Research BACKGROUND: The relationship between the environment and infection of cattle with trematodes was studied at Arumeru District, Arusha Region, northern Tanzania. Randomly selected villages were grouped into three cattle management strata, (i) zero-grazing (ZZ) (ii) communal grazing without irrigation (ZC) and (iii) communal grazing with irrigation (ZCI). METHODS: Faecal samples were collected from 241 cattle, and processed using the Flukefinder® method. Snail intermediate hosts were collected with a snail scoop from the water bodies in the study villages and identified morphologically. RESULTS: The overall prevalence of F. gigantica, paramphistomes and S. bovis were 33%, 37% and 2% respectively. Prevalence for F. gigantica, paramphistomes, and S. bovis for each stratum were, zero-grazing (ZZ) (29.7%, 36.0% and 0%), communal grazing without irrigation (ZC) (6.3%, 15.0% and 3.8%) and communal grazing with irrigation (ZCI) (57.7%, 56.7% and 1.0%) respectively. The differences between strata were significant for F. gigantica (p < 0.001) and paramphistomes (p < 0.05) but not for S. bovis. Irrigation could account for the high prevalence of F. gigantica and paramphistomes in the ZCI stratum as compared to the ZZ and ZC strata. The higher prevalences of F. gigantica and paramphistomes in the ZZ stratum compared with the ZC stratum were unexpected and attributed to the practice of farmers in some ZZ stratum villages buying fodder for their cattle obtained from pastures in ZCI villages. CONCLUSION: Trematode infections in cattle are prevalent in Arumeru District. Fasciola gigantica and paramphistomes are associated with grazing in areas with irrigation of crops. Zero-grazing of cattle does not necessarily prevent the risk of infection. BioMed Central 2014-03-20 /pmc/articles/PMC3994541/ /pubmed/24650420 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-3305-7-107 Text en Copyright © 2014 Nzalawahe et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated. |
spellingShingle | Research Nzalawahe, Jahashi Kassuku, Ayub A Stothard, J Russell Coles, Gerald C Eisler, Mark C Trematode infections in cattle in Arumeru District, Tanzania are associated with irrigation |
title | Trematode infections in cattle in Arumeru District, Tanzania are associated with irrigation |
title_full | Trematode infections in cattle in Arumeru District, Tanzania are associated with irrigation |
title_fullStr | Trematode infections in cattle in Arumeru District, Tanzania are associated with irrigation |
title_full_unstemmed | Trematode infections in cattle in Arumeru District, Tanzania are associated with irrigation |
title_short | Trematode infections in cattle in Arumeru District, Tanzania are associated with irrigation |
title_sort | trematode infections in cattle in arumeru district, tanzania are associated with irrigation |
topic | Research |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3994541/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24650420 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-3305-7-107 |
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