Major internal parasites interfering with cattle production in France, and experiments to control them by strategic treatments. A bibliographic review.
A summary of the cattle management systems and statistics in France is presented as a framework to examine the recently published results on the major internal parasites of cattle in France from numeric data on naturally infested animals. From these results the major or constant parasites are Fasciola, Dictyocaulus, Ostertagia and Cooperia; occasional but important parasites are Nematodirus, Neoascaris, Eimeria, OEsophagostomum and Cysticercus bovis. Pathology results focus on disease given by the most common nematode : Ostertagiasis. For prevention and control of infestations in farm practice with typical management procedures, results are presented in dairy cattle (Brittany and Normandy), and in beef cattle (Limousin).
D000818:Animals; D000871:Anthelmintics / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001947:Breeding; D002417:Cattle / Q000502:physiology*; D002418:Cattle Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D004022:Dictyocaulus Infections / Q000517:prevention & control; D005260:Female; D005602:France; D006373:Helminthiasis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D006374:Helminthiasis, Animal; D008297:Male; D010272:Parasitic Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D010273:Parasitic Diseases, Animal
D000871:Anthelmintics