title: [Main features of helminth parasitism in cattle in Ituri (Haut-Zaire). III. Geographic distribution and prevalence of the main helminths].
abstract: A necropsic survey, carried out in eleven slaughterhouses in Ituri (Haut-Zaïre), has permitted to define the geographic distribution and prevalences of the main cattle helminths. Trematodes, except the paramphistomes, had a very heterogeneous distribution. Prevalence of Fasciola gigantica ranged from 9 to 72% according to the sites, but these variations were not linked to topographic or climatologic parameters. The infection with Schistosoma bovis was much variable as well (12.5 to 72%) and seemed absent from the central high altitude area. The occurrence of Dicrocoelium hospes was restricted to the northern part of Ituri with a moderate prevalence of about 35%. By contrast, nematodes had a fairly homogeneous distribution in Ituri. Prevalences were high for gastro-intestinal strongyles of the following genera, Haemonchus, Cooperia and Oesophagostomum (over 60%). Cysticercosis (Cysticercus bovis) occurred in 10 to 14% of cattle in the middle and south areas of Ituri whereas the north areas were nearly free.
authors.affiliation: CNEVA, Station Régionale de Pathologie Caprine, Niort, France.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Chartier
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bushu
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kamwenga
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D002418:Cattle Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology*; D015023:Democratic Republic of the Congo / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006373:Helminthiasis / Q000453:epidemiology; D006374:Helminthiasis, Animal; D006376:Helminths / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D008297:Male
vernacular_title: Les dominantes du parasitisme helminthique chez les bovins en Ituri (Haut-Zaïre). III. Répartition géographique et prévalence des principaux helminthes.