Prevalence of Toxocara vitulorum in calves of Erzurum province

Arslan M. O., SARI B., TAŞÇI G. T., AKTAŞ M. S.

KAFKAS UNIVERSITESI VETERINER FAKULTESI DERGISI, cilt.14, sa.1, ss.37-40, 2008 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 14 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2008
  • Dergi Adı: KAFKAS UNIVERSITESI VETERINER FAKULTESI DERGISI
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.37-40
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Toxocara vitulorum, calf, Erzurum, Turkey, YOUNG CALVES, CATTLE, TURKEY, EPIDEMIOLOGY, INFECTIONS, PARASITES
  • Atatürk Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Between March and April, 2007, this study was carried out to determine the prevalence of Toxocara vitulorum calves of dairy farms of Erzurum province. The study was performed in 30 farms of 12 different localities. The fecal samples were taken directly from the rectums of clinically ill or healthy 189 calves which were no more than three months old. The samples were examined under microscope following centrifugal zinc sulphate flotation. The prevalence in feces was found to be 1.1% (2/189) for T. vitulorum in calves. These two infected calves were 2 months old and they were males. One of them was from a state farm. The other one was from a farm of villager. The prevalence Was 1.7 (2/119) in calves with diarrhea. The prevalence was 2.7% (2/74) regarding age groups of 1-2 month old calves. In the feces of two infected calves, no other helminth eggs or Cryptosporidium spp. were not seen. The feces of an infected calf had also Eimeria bovis oocyst. Regarding localities, the prevalence was 16.7% (2/12), and regarding to the farm, the prevalence was 6.7% (1/30).