Prevalence of Liver Fluke Infections in Slaughtered Animals in Trakya(Thrace), Turkey

Authors

AYŞEN GARGILI
ERKUT TÜZER
AYNUR GÜLENBER
MÜFİT TOPARLAK
İLKER EFİL
VEDAT KELEŞ
MELTEM ULUTAŞ

DOI

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Abstract

This study was carried out to determine the prevalence of liver fluke infections in cattle and sheep in Trakya (The European Part of Turkey). For this purpose the slaughterhouses of different localities (Tekirdağ, Hadimköy, Lüleburgaz, Çorlu, Kırklareli and Keşan) were visited between 03.03.1997 and 22.10.1997, and a total of 476 sheep and 415 cattle livers were examined. The prevalence rates of fasciolosis hepatica and dicrocoeliosis dendriticum were 3.99% and 23.55% in sheep, and 0.48% and 2.65% in cattle respectively. No changes in livers, which led to the partial or total condemnation, were observed.

Keywords

Prevalence, Fasciola hepatica, Dicrocoelium dendriticum, Cattle, Sheep, Turkey

First Page

115

Last Page

116

Recommended Citation

GARGILI, AYŞEN; TÜZER, ERKUT; GÜLENBER, AYNUR; TOPARLAK, MÜFİT; EFİL, İLKER; KELEŞ, VEDAT; and ULUTAŞ, MELTEM (1999) "Prevalence of Liver Fluke Infections in Slaughtered Animals in Trakya(Thrace), Turkey," Turkish Journal of Veterinary & Animal Sciences: Vol. 23: No. 2, Article 3. Available at: https://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/veterinary/vol23/iss2/3