title: The situation of liver fluke infestation in cattle in Bali.
abstract: From 1975 to 1982, the prevalence of liver fluke infestation in Bali cattle of the island of Bali, Indonesia varied between 29% and 46%, and from 1983 to 1988 prevalence rates varied between 6% and 22%. Changes in prevalence rates were more closely associated with water levels in pastures than with other variables in pastures, such as temperatures and pH. Mass-fasciolicide treatment of traditionally reared Bali cattle was economical. The decrease in the prevalence of liver flukes in Bali cattle since 1983 was associated with (1) the introduction of a rice planting system which alternated rice with other crops, and (2) with mass-fasciolicide treatments conducted by the veterinary services.
authors.affiliation: Udayana University, Department of Parasitology, Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia.
authors.forename: I G
authors.initials: IG
authors.lastname: Suweta
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D002418:Cattle Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005211:Fascioliasis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D007214:Indonesia / Q000453:epidemiology; D015995:Prevalence