Prevalence of Fasciolosis in free grazing buffalo along the Red river alluvial grounds and treatment medicine

Abstract

Fasciolosis in cattle and buffalo caused by Fasciola hepatica and F. gigantica is not only a zoonotic disease having serious impact to human health but also causing dramatically economic loss by reducing meat and milk production of the farms. From January 2017 to March 2018, we conducted a cross sectional survey on fasciolosis of the free grazing buffaloes along the Red river alluvial grounds in Long Bien District, Ha Noi City. A total of 130 buffaloes was tested for Fasciola spp prevalence and infection intensity by age group and gender. The tested result showed that there were 86 buffaloes infected with Fasciola spp (accounted for 66.2%). Both infection rate and intensity were proportional to the age of the hosts. The buffalo gender did not affect to the infection rate but obviously influenced to the infection intensity between buffalo male and female. There were 86 infection buffaloes divided into two groups for tape worm treatment using Han-Dertil B and Dovenix medicines to evaluate the treatment effectiveness of two these medicines through oral and injection. The result of treatment indicated that Dovenix and Han-Dertil-B medicines were effective and safe in treatment of fasciolosis in buffaloes infected at all the intensities from (+) to (++), (+++).