Parasitic infection of livers and lungs in cattle and sheep in Constantine slaughterhouses, Algeria, in 2009-2018

Dounia Gherroucha; Ouarda Ayadi; Mohamed Gharbi; Louiza Benhamza

doi:10.19182/remvt.36763

Parasitic infection of livers and lungs in cattle and sheep in Constantine slaughterhouses, Algeria, in 2009-2018

Authors

D. Gherroucha, O. Ayadi, M. Gharbi, L. Benhamza

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.19182/remvt.36763

Keywords

sheep, cattle, Fasciola hepatica, echinococcosis, abattoirs, morbidity, Algeria

Abstract

A retrospective study was carried out from registers of the slaughterhouses of Constantine, Algeria, on 145,919 cattle and 345,282 sheep apparently healthy, slaughtered between 2009 and 2018. The objective was to estimate the prevalence of the two dominant parasitic infections which cause gross lesions in liver and lungs, i.e. cystic echinococcosis (CE) and Fasciola hepatica infection. The postmortem examination consisted in a visual inspection of the organs, palpation of lungs and livers, and systematic incision of livers, performed according to FAO procedures. The prevalence of F. hepatica infection was significantly higher in cattle (2.7%) than in sheep (0.2%). There was a non-significant decrease from 4.5 to 2.0% (p > 0.05) in the prevalence of F. hepatica in cattle during the 10-year period. The prevalence of CE in the livers and lungs was significantly higher in cattle (3.3% and 9.7%, respectively) than in sheep (0.6% and 1.1%, respectively). The prevalence of CE was significantly higher in lungs than in livers. These results showed the importance of these parasitic infections in the province of Constantine and its surroundings, which requires the implementation of control programs against these infections in both sheep and cattle.

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D. Gherroucha
gherrouchadounia@hotmail.fr

Laboratoire de recherche gestion de la santé et productions animales, Institut des sciences vétérinaires El Khroub, Université des frères Mentouri Constantine 1, Algérie
O. Ayadi

Laboratoire PADESCA, Institut des sciences vétérinaires El Khroub, Université des frères Mentouri Constantine 1, Algérie. Laboratoire de parasitologie, Université Farhat Abbas Sétif 1, Algérie
M. Gharbi

Laboratoire de parasitologie, Univ. Manouba, Institution de la recherche et de l’enseignement supérieur agricoles, Ecole nationale de médecine vétérinaire de Sidi Thabet, 2020 Sidi Thabet, Tunisie
L. Benhamza Laboratoire de recherche gestion de la santé et productions animales, Institut des sciences vétérinaires El Khroub, Université des frères Mentouri Constantine 1, Algérie

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Gherroucha, D., Ayadi, O., Gharbi, M., & Benhamza, L. (2021). Parasitic infection of livers and lungs in cattle and sheep in Constantine slaughterhouses, Algeria, in 2009-2018. Revue d’élevage Et De médecine vétérinaire Des Pays Tropicaux, 74(3), 177–180. https://doi.org/10.19182/remvt.36763