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Merit Research Journal of Medicine and Medical
Sciences (ISSN: 2354-323X) Vol. 11(7) pp. 191-198,
August, 2023
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Original Research Article
Prevalence of Bovine Schistosomiasis and its
Associated Risk Factors in and around Gondar, Ethiopia |
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A cross sectional
study was conducted from December to April, 2023 in and around
Dembia district to determine the prevalence of Bovine
Schistosomiasis and associated risk factors. A total of 247
cattle were enrolled in this study. A fresh fecal sample was
collected directly from the rectum and examined using
sedimentation technique. The data collected was coded and
entered Excel sheet spread and exported in to SPSS version 20
for analysis. Descriptive statistic in the form of table and
percentage and analytical statistics like chi-square were
employed to determine associated risk factors. The current study
revealed that the overall prevalence of Bovine Schistomiasis was
25.9% (64/247) in the study area. The prevalence of bovine
Schistosomiasis was higher in local breed cattle (93.1%) than
cross breed cattle (6.9%). Similarly, the prevalence of the
disease in male and female cattle was 51% and 49%, respectively.
Based on the age variation, Cattle having more than five year
53%, between 2-5 23.1% and less than two year 23.9%). The
highest prevalence of Schistosoma infection was observed in
medium body conditioned animals (55.9%) followed by good body
condition (25.5%) and lower in poor body conditioned animals
(18.6%) The prevalence of Schistosoma infection in relation with
body condition score was not statically significant (p>0.05),
The prevalence of the disease was highest in extensively managed
animals (79.4%) in relative to semi intensive (20.6%), there was
no statistically significant difference among the three
management systems (p>0.05). A highest prevalence (43.7%) of
Bovine Schistosomiasis was recorded in Adisgie (43.7%) followed
by robit (42.5%) and Woynatana(13.8) kebele. therefore, this
study indicated that bovine Schistosomiasis is becoming one of
the major cattle health problems in and around Dembia.
Accordingly, farmers should be advised and educated regarding to
the reduction of the disease and its intermediate host and also
strategic use of deworming and treatment should be practiced.
Keywords: Bovine schistosomiasis, Cattle, Dembia,
Prevalence, Risk fa
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