Prevalence of liver flukes infections and hydatidosis in slaughtered sheep and goats in Nishapour, Khorasan Razavi, Iran

Vet World Vol.11 February-2018 Article-9

Research Article

Veterinary World, 11(2): 146-150

https://doi.org/10.14202/vetworld.2018.146-150

Majid Aminzare¹, Mohammad Hashemi², Samaneh Yaghoobi Faz³, Mojtaba Raeisi⁴, and Hassan Hassanzadazar¹

1. Department of Food Safety and Hygiene, School of Public Health, Zanjan University of Medical Sciences, Zanjan, Iran.
2. Department of Nutrition, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
3. Department of Food Hygiene and Aquaculture, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran.
4. Cereal Health Research Center, Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Gorgan, Iran.

Background and Aim: Aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of fasciolosis, dicrocoeliasis, and hydatidosis infections in slaughtered sheep and goats in Nishapour, Khorasan Razavi province of Iran.

Materials and Methods: A survey was implemented on 130,107 sheep and goats slaughtered at an abattoir in Nishapour (Neyshbur) city, north central Khorasan Razavi Province, Iran, to determine the prevalence of fascioliasis, dicrocoeliosis and presence of hydatidosis.

Results: During a 1-year period of study, among 130,107 of sheep and goats slaughtered at Nishapour abattoir, 1064 and 7124 livers were condemned totally and partially, respectively. A total of 255 (0.19%), 181 (0.12 %), and 7751 (5.95%) of livers were condemned due to cysts of Echinococcus granulosus, flukes of Fasciola spp., and Dicrocoelium dendriticum, respectively. Totally, 1932 (1.48%) lungs were condemned due to hydatidosis. The significant seasonal pattern was seen for fasciolosis, dicrocoeliosis, and hydatidosis, statistically (p<0.01).

Conclusion: According to this study, it seems that Neyshabour is considered as an endemic region for Fasciola spp. and D. dendriticum infections and D. dendriticum is the most widespread liver fluke found in sheep and goats. Keywords: Dicrocoeliasis, Fascioliasis, Hydatidosis, sheep and goat, slaughterhouse.

Keywords: Dicrocoeliasis, Fascioliasis, Hydatidosis, sheep and goat, slaughterhouse.

How to cite this article: Aminzare M, Hashemi M, Faz SY, Raeisi M, Hassanzadazar H (2018) Prevalence of liver flukes infections and hydatidosis in slaughtered sheep and goats in Nishapour, Khorasan Razavi, Iran, Veterinary World, 11(2): 146-150.

Received: 28-08-2017 Accepted: 26-12-2017 Published online: 09-02-2018

Corresponding author: Hassan Hassanzadazar E-mail: Hassanzadazar_h@zums.ac.ir

DOI: 10.14202/vetworld.2018.146-150

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