Rumen Fluke in Cattle and Buffaloes in Asia: A Review

Pertanika Journal of Tropical Agricultural Science

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Nazir Ahmad Tookhy¹  Isa Nur-Mahiza²  Rozaihan Mansor³  Abd Rahman Yasmin⁴  Nur Indah Ahmad²  Noor Hazfalinda Hamzah⁵  Lokman Hakim Idris⁶ 

[1] Department of Paraclinic, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Herat University;Department of Veterinary Pathology and Microbiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Universiti Putra Malaysia;Department of Farm and Exotic Animals Medicine and Surgery, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Universiti Putra Malaysia;Department of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnostics, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Universiti Putra Malaysia;Forensic Science Program, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia;Department of Veterinary Pre Clinical Science, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Universiti Putra Malaysia

关键词: Asian countries;    cattle and buffalo;    epidemiology;    prevalence;    rumen fluke;   

DOI  :  10.47836/pjtas.45.3.15

学科分类：农业科学（综合）

来源: Universiti Putra Malaysia, Universiti Pertanian Malaysia Press

【 摘 要 】

Rumen fluke is a parasitosis that infects ruminant animals across a wide geographical range of countries. It is a severe infection in temperate and tropical climate regions of Asia, Australia, Africa, and Europe, which cause significant economic losses. In this review, the available information to date on rumen fluke species infecting cattle and buffaloes in Asian countries is evaluated. The citation search was performed through specific keywords, literature published from 1964 to 2021, retrieved from electronic databases: Scopus, Web of Science, Pub Med, Education Resources Information Center (ERIC), Science Direct, Elsevier, and Google Scholar. Twenty-six (26) rumen fluke species belonging to two families: Paramphistomidae 61.5% (16/26) and Gastrothylacidae 38.4% (10/26), were reported in cattle and buffaloes in fourteen Asian countries. Paramphistomum cervi and Cotylophoron cotylophorum are the most prevalent species with broader distribution in countries than the other genera. The coprological prevalence varies from 0.8% to 98.17% and 0.86% to 78.4% in cattle and buffaloes, respectively. The prevalence of rumen fluke by fluke counts method range between 6.45% to 90.6% and 4.29% to 75.07% in cattle and buffaloes, respectively. The sedimentation method and fluke count are reliable tests for detecting rumen fluke in live and slaughtered animals. In conclusion, the rumen fluke should be considered a critical production disease that affects cattle and buffaloes in Asia. Further studies are necessary to determine the rumen fluke-snail associations, develop diagnostic tests to detect prepatent infections in the definitive host, determine the economic importance of rumen fluke, and determine the efficacy of different anthelmintic in the treatment of patent infections in the definitive host.

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