Tables give the results of faecal studies on 5094 beef cattle (including cows, calves and bulls) on 242 farms in 3 different upland areas (mountains, inland hills, coastal hills) in central Italy: 14% of the cattle were infected with trematodes, 25.5% with gastrointestinal nematodes, 0.3% with...

A cross-sectional study of T. saginata cysticercosis in Swaziland using a serodiagnostic ELISA for parasite antigen is described. The seroprevalence and the levels of parasite antigen were compared in the sera of cattle from different geographical localities, and from areas of high or low...

Investigations carried out on trematode parasites affecting cattle and buffaloes in Ismailia Governorate, Egypt, revealed Fasciola sp. in 6.95% and 16.2% of the animals respectively. Paramphistomum sp. was found in 43.8% of cattle and 9% of buffaloes. During these studies it was found that 85% of ...

Between December 1986 and June 1987, the oesophagi of 571 cattle collected at abattoirs in Aomori Prefecture, Japan, were examined for G. pulchrum infection. It was detected in 105 (18.4%) of the cattle. All infected cattle came from Aomori, Akita and Iwate Prefectures, but none of the cattle from...

In the tropical rain forest zone of Southern Nigeria, Fulani zebus which had been settled in the area for at least 3 years were investigated for the incidence of trypanosomes. Blood samples taken from 414 cattle were tested. 230 adult Fulani men, randomly picked at bush locations were questioned...

The construction of a mathematical model to forecast the level of risk of the disease in cattle in any year is described. The model was developed in Northern Ireland using a computerized information database retrieval system for abattoir condemnation data. The information recorded by the system...

A survey of fasciolosis in the Orne and Manche Departments of Normandy, France, between 1980 and 1990 is presented. 27 human (adult) cases of fasciolosis were recorded and were traced to the eating of watercress in 22 cases. The symptoms, diagnosis and treatment of fasciolosis is briefly discussed. ...

In Lower Saxony, 103 of 259 (39.9%) first year grazing cattle herds were found to be serologically positive by ELISA for antibodies against D. viviparus. Risk of infection was higher for cattle herds with an early turnout and a long grazing period, i.e. more than 150 days. Herds that were observed...

An ELISA using a protein extract from adult D. viviparus as antigen was evaluated with respect to its quality and suitability as a diagnostic method for epidemiological studies on dictyocaulosis. In experimentally infected animals, D. viviparus-specific antibodies were first detected between 30 and ...

In 1989-1991, at the Klaĭpeda abattoir, Lithuania, 248 (27.2%) of 910 cattle sera samples and 130 (13.9%) of pig sera samples were positive for Toxoplasma. Regional and annual differences in prevalences, but no significant differences related to season, animal category (for pigs) or sex (for ...