The epidemiology of fasciolosis in the inter-Andean valley of Cajamarca, Peru

Parasitology International

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 281-288

  Claxton, John R ^a,c   Zambrano, Hugo ^b   Ortiz, Pedro ^b   Amorós, Carlos ^b   Delgado, Elio ^b   Escurra, Edwin ^b   Clarkson, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CAJAMARCA   (Peru)

^c NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cajamarca; Cattle; Epidemiology; Fasciola hepatica; Fasciolosis; Lymnaea viatrix; Peru

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; GASTROPODA; HEPATICA; LYMNAEA VIATRIX; VIATRIX;

EID: 0043098440     PISSN: 13835769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1383-5769(97)00039-1     Document Type: Article

References (17)

1. Hope Cawdery, M.J., Strickland, K.L., Conway, A. and Crowe, P.J. (1977) Production effects of liver fluke in cattle 1. The effects of infection on the liveweight gain, feed intake and food conversion efficiency in beef cattle. Br. Vet. J. 133, 145-159.
2. Armour, J. (1975) The epidemiology and control of bovine fascioliasis. Vet. Rec. 96, 198-201.
3. Randell, W.F. and Bradley, R.E. (1980) Effects of hexachloroethane on the milk yields of dairy cows in North Florida infected with Fasciola hepatica. Am. J. Vet. Res. 41, 262-263.
4. Oakley, G.A., Owen, B. and Knapp, N.H.H. (1979) Production effects of subclinical liver fluke infection in growing dairy heifers. Vet. Rec. 104, 503-507.
5. Leguía, G., Alvarez, H., Naquira, F. and Beltrán, M. (1989) Distomatosis hepática en el Perú. In: Anales del seminario nacional de zoonosis y enfermedades de transmisión alimentaria, pp. 96-106. Ministerio de Salud, Lima.
6. Larrea, H., Oviedo, M.L. and Huamán M.P. (1990) Observaciones morfológicas de Fossaria viatrix (Orbigny, 1835) agente etiológico de la fascioliasis en el Perú. Bol. Lima 72, 33-37.
7. Bendezú, P. (1969) Liver fluke in humans. Vet. Rec. 85, 532-533.
8. Seifert, R. (1990) Cajamarca: vía campesina y cuenca lechera. Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología, Lima.
9. Lumbreras, H., Cantella, R. and Burga, R. (1962) Acerca de un procedimiento de sedimentación rápida para investigar huevos de Fasciola hepatica en las heces, su evaluación y uso en el campo. Rev. Méd. Perú 31, 167-174.
10. Jain, N.C. (1986) Cattle: normal hematology with comments on response to disease. In: Schalm's Veterinary Hematology, pp. 178-207. Lea and Febiger, Philadelphia.
11. Monteith, J.L. and Unsworth, M.H. (1990) Principles of environmental physics, 2nd edn. Edward Arnold, London.
12. Ward, R.C. and Robinson, M. (1990) Principles of Hydrology, 3rd edn. McGraw-Hill, London.
13. Ross, J.G. (1967). Experimental infections of cattle with Fasciola hepatica: high level single infections in calves. J. Helminthol. 41, 217-222.
14. Kendall, S.B., Sinclair, I.J., Everett, G. and Parfitt, J.W. (1978) Resistance to Fasciola hepatica in cattle. J. Comp. Path. 88, 115-122.
15. Brunsdon, R.V. (1980) Principles of helminth control. Vet. Parasitol. 6, 185-215.
16. Boray, J.C. and Enigk, K. (1964) Laboratory studies on the survival and infectivity of Fasciola hepatica - and F. gigantica - metacercariae. Z. Tropenmed. Parasitol. 15, 324-331.
17. Rowcliffe, S.A. and Ollerenshaw, C.B. (1960) Observations on the bionomics of the egg of Fasciola hepatica. Ann. Trop. Med. Parasitol. 54, 172-181.