Preliminary research regarding the prevalence of digestive and respiratory parasitosis in meat cattle from the Hârtibaci Valley, Sibiu County

Abstract

In Romania, the data regarding gastrointestinal and respiratory parasitism in cattle are scarce and incomplete. This study was undertaken on Angus breed cattle from an intensive-type exploitation in Nochrich, Sibiu County. The faeces samples were examined both through qualitative and quantitative methods. The most widespread type of parasitism was the one caused by the ciliate Balantidium coli (51.61%), followed in equal manner by Eimeria (32.25%) and Fasciola/Paramphistomum. The digestive strongyles (22.58%) were less representative. These were followed in a decreasing order by the infestation with Dictyocaulus viviparus (16.13%) and by Strongyloides spp. (12.90%).