Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Addis Ababa University, Donkey Health and Welfare Project - Donkey Sanctuary, P.O. Box 34, Debre Zeit, Ethiopia.
Vet Parasitol. 2010 May 11;169(3-4):335-9. doi: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2010.01.007. Epub 2010 Jan 21.
A cross-sectional coprological survey in the tropical regions of Ada, Akaki, Bereh and Boset, and a retrospective post-mortem investigation were conducted to study the epidemiology of fasciolosis in working donkeys in Ethiopia. Faecal samples from 803 donkeys were collected, and the number of liver flukes recovered from 112 donkeys at post-mortem between 1995 and 2004 were analysed. There was a high prevalence of fasciolosis irrespective of the age of the donkeys. The overall prevalence of the infection was 44.4% in coprologically examined donkeys, and the prevalence in the donkeys examined post-mortem was 41.9%. The infection prevalence was significantly higher in Bereh and Ada regions than in Akaki and Boset regions. Bereh with 72.6% and Boset with 21.5% showed a significantly higher and lower infection prevalence, respectively, than the rest of the regions (P<0.001). There was no significant difference between different age groups of donkeys in the infection prevalence (P>0.05) but infection intensity was significantly higher in donkeys 8 years old and above (P<0.0001). Both Fasciola hepatica and Fasciola gigantica were identified.
在埃塞俄比亚热带地区的 Ada、Akaki、Bereh 和 Boset 进行了横断面粪便学调查和回顾性剖检研究，以研究工作驴中片形吸虫病的流行病学。从 803 头驴中采集粪便样本，并分析了 1995 年至 2004 年间 112 头驴死后从肝脏中回收的片形吸虫数量。无论驴的年龄大小，片形吸虫病的流行率都很高。经粪便检查的驴的总感染率为 44.4%，剖检检查的驴的感染率为 41.9%。在 Bereh 和 Ada 地区的感染率明显高于在 Akaki 和 Boset 地区的感染率。Bereh 的感染率为 72.6%，Bose 的感染率为 21.5%，明显高于其他地区（P<0.001）。不同年龄组的驴在感染率方面没有显著差异（P>0.05），但 8 岁及以上的驴的感染强度明显更高（P<0.0001）。鉴定出了肝片形吸虫和巨片形吸虫。
