The winner takes it all: dominance of Calicophoron daubneyi (Digenea: Paramphistomidae) among flukes in Central European beef cattle
Status Publisher Jazyk angličtina Země Velká Británie, Anglie Médium print-electronic
Typ dokumentu časopisecké články
PubMed
35272721
DOI
10.1017/s0031182021002158
PII: S0031182021002158
Knihovny.cz E-zdroje
- Klíčová slova
- Calicophoron, Paramphistomidae, cattle, flukes, parasite distribution,
- Publikační typ
- časopisecké články MeSH
In Europe, paramphistomosis caused by Paramphistomum spp. was historically regarded as being of minor importance. However, Calicophoron daubneyi has recently been recognized as an emerging pathogen in Europe due to its increasing prevalence and negative impact on livestock production. In search for paramphistomid flukes, 5573 beef cattle fecal samples from 115 farms across the whole Czech Republic were examined from March 2019 to June 2021. The eggs of paramphistomid flukes were identified in 29.9% of samples. Internal transcribed spacer 2 sequences from 90 adult flukes and 125 fecal samples collected across Czech Republic confirmed C. daubneyi infection in the Czech beef cattle. Ninety mitochondrial DNA sequences obtained from adult C. daubneyi specimens revealed 13 individual haplotypes, two of them recorded for the first time. Although C. daubneyi is a new parasite in beef cattle herds in the Czechia, it clearly dominates the parasitological findings in the country's beef cattle. The common occurrence of C. daubneyi in most of the beef cattle herds indicates environmental conditions suitable also for the life cycle of Fasciola hepatica and risk of its emergence.
CEITEC VETUNI University of Veterinary Sciences Palackého tř 1946 1 612 42Brno Czech Republic
Czech Beef Cattle Association Těšnov 17 110 00Praha 1 Czech Republic
Institute of Vertebrate Biology Czech Academy of Sciences Květná 8 603 65Brno Czech Republic
State Veterinary Institute Jihlava Rantířovská 93 20 586 01Jihlava Czech Republic
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