Ola-Fadunsin Shola David, Uwabujo Patricia Isioma, Halleed Ibrahim Ndaman, Richards Bukola
1Department of Veterinary Parasitology and Entomology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Ilorin, PMB 1515, Ilorin, Kwara State Nigeria.
Veterinary Services Division, Kwara State Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Ilorin, Kwara State Nigeria.
J Parasit Dis. 2020 Mar;44(1):1-9. doi: 10.1007/s12639-019-01154-y. Epub 2019 Aug 28.
Parasitism is of great concern to the wellbeing, productivity and reproductivity of animals and it causes great financial loss to the economy of any nation. This study was conducted to determine the prevalence and the economic loss from carcass and viscera condemnation due to parasitic diseases in slaughtered cattle in Kwara State, North-central Nigeria. A 16 year (2003-2018) record of parasitic diseases detected in cattle slaughtered at the major abattoirs in Ilorin city was retrieved from the Kwara State Veterinary department of the Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources. The total prevalence as well as the yearly, monthly and seasonal prevalence of each of the documented parasitic diseases was determined. The financial losses associated with each of the parasitic diseases were estimated in Nigerian Naira (₦) and US Dollar (USD) considering the market price and weight of viscera condemned. Fasciolosis, hydatidosis, dicrocoeliosis, cysticercosis and oesophagostomiasis were the parasitic disease conditions with fasciolosis (6371/832,001) and cysticercosis (134/832,001) been the most and least prevalent disease conditions respectively. The yearly and monthly prevalence of each disease conditions showed an undefined pattern. There was a significantly difference in the prevalence of the detected parasitic conditions within seasons. The total financial loss associated with these disease conditions was 304,133.82 USD (46,161,433 Nigerian Naira). This study showed that parasitic diseases are of great financial drain to the livestock economy of Nigeria and this study will serve as baseline information on the economic losses associated with parasitic diseases of cattle at slaughter in Nigeria.
寄生虫病对动物的健康、生产力和繁殖能力至关重要，它给任何国家的经济都造成了巨大的经济损失。本研究旨在确定尼日利亚中北部夸拉州屠宰牛因寄生虫病导致的胴体和内脏废弃率及经济损失。从夸拉州农业和自然资源部兽医部门获取了伊洛林市主要屠宰场2003年至2018年16年间屠宰牛中检测到的寄生虫病记录。确定了每种记录在案的寄生虫病的总患病率以及年度、月度和季节性患病率。考虑到废弃内脏的市场价格和重量，以尼日利亚奈拉（₦）和美元（USD）估算了与每种寄生虫病相关的经济损失。肝片吸虫病、包虫病、双腔吸虫病、囊尾蚴病和结节虫病是寄生虫病情况，其中肝片吸虫病（6371/832,001）和囊尾蚴病（134/832,001）分别是最常见和最不常见的疾病情况。每种疾病情况的年度和月度患病率呈现出不明确的模式。各季节检测到的寄生虫病患病率存在显著差异。与这些疾病情况相关的总经济损失为304,133.82美元（46,161,433尼日利亚奈拉）。本研究表明，寄生虫病给尼日利亚的畜牧业经济造成了巨大的经济消耗，该研究将作为尼日利亚屠宰牛寄生虫病相关经济损失的基线信息。
