Prevalence of fascioliasis in cattle slaughtered at Gulu Municipal Abattoir.

Abstract

This study was carried out from 21st May to 14th May 2018 in order to estimate prevalence of bovine fascioliasis in cattle. slaughtered in Gulu municipal abattoir. Prevalence of fascioliasis was calculated as the number found infected with Fasciola, expressed as the percentage of the total number of cattle slaughtered. A total of 206 cattle consisting of 92 females and 114 males from local livestock traders were inspected. The study involved actual postmortem examination of the slaughtered cattle. The livers were examined for the adult flukes Pearson's chi-square (Xl) was used to evaluate the association between variables (prevalence, sex breed and age) a 95% confidence interval and P-value less than 0.05 (at 5% level of significance) was considered significant in all analysis. The result of the investigation showed that 131 (64.04%) of the cattle were infected with fascioliasis.