Prevalence of bovine fasciolosis based on faecal examination and abattoir survey in Karnataka
The prevalence of fasciolosis was evaluated in bovines based on coprological examination and postmortem liver examination of slaughtered cattle and buffaloes. The faecal examination of 130 cattle and 135 buffaloes revealed a prevalence of 9.9 % in cattle and 13.3 % in buffaloes respectively. The examination of livers from cattle and buffaloes (155 each) slaughtered at the KMPMCL abattoir revealed the prevalence of fasciolosis was 20.6 % in cattle and 22.5 % in buffaloes. The results were statistically significant in faecal examination and not significant in liver examination from cattle and buffaloes respectively.
Parasites, pests, and predators /
Part I. Invertebrates. Introduction (S.M. Gaafar). Effects of parasites on animal and meat production (H.C. Gibbs). Means of dissemination of parasites (J.H. Greve). Control of parasites by chemotherapy (D.P. Conway). Genetic control of parasites (R.F. Riek). Biological control of parasites (R.E. Williams). Parasiticides and the environment (R.L. Rudd). Public health significance of animal parasites (D.E. Jacobs). Intestinal protozoa (J.P. Dubey). Blood protozoa (R.E. Purnell). Flukes of domestic animals (J.C. Boray). Tapeworms (J.F. Williams, T.W. Schillhorn van Veen). Trichostronglyosis in ruminants (G.W. Benz). Ascaridoses of domesticated animals (R.M. Connan). Equine strongylosis (J.H. Drudge). Lungworms of ruminants (G.M. Urquhart). Files and myoasis (W.N. Beesley). Mange mites and other parasitic mites (W.P. Meleney). Ticks (H. Hoostraal). Importance of immunology in relation to parasitism, and animal production (P. Nansen). Part II. Vertebrates. Vertebrate Predators, Competitors and Disease Carriers of Livestock - Introduction and Overview (W.E. Howard). Predators of Southern Africa (D. Hey). Asian predators of livestock (I. Prakash). Australian predators of livestock (B.J. Coman). Large mammal and bird predators of livestock in North America (W.D. Fritzwater). Wild ungulates as competitors of livestock (W.G. Swank). European rabbit and hare as pests of livestock (M.E.R. Godfrey). Competition of rodents and other small mammals with livestock in the United States (R.E. Marsh). Livestock diseases caused by wild mammals (M.E. Fowler). Effects of vampire bats and paralytic rabies on livestock production (A.M. Greenhall). List of contributors. Subject Index.
Changes in serum protein values of sheep infected with Fasciola gigantica.
Serum protein values were determined in 6 lambs given 1 dose of 200 metacercariae of Fasciola gigantica. Over the 22 weeks of the experiment, total serum protein values in these lambs were only moderately increased over those of control lambs (n = 6). The increase was mainly associated with the change in alpha2-globulin and gamma-globulin fractions. The highest value of gamma-globulin (39.03%) of total serum protein was observed at 18 weeks after infection. Mean albumin concentration in the exposed lambs decreased considerably, starting in week 8 and persisting until the end of the experiment. The lowest level (39.28%) was seen at week 16.