Water as risk factor for helminthiasis in domestic ruminants in the central and southern Italy and zoonotic risk
Cringoli, G.; Rinaldi, L.
Annali di Igiene Medicina Preventiva e di Comunita 15(4 Suppl 1: 43-46
2003
ISSN/ISBN: 1120-9135 PMID: 14677258 Document Number: 556197
The findings of recent epidemiological surveys regarding the distribution of helminths in sheep, cattle, and buffaloes in central and southern Italy show that the presence of water in breeding, such as streams, canals, brooks, rivers and lakes, is a risk factor for the following helminths, agents of emerging zoonosis: Fasciola hepatica, Dicrocoelium dendriticum, Trichostrongylus spp., Ostertagia spp., Nematodirus spp., Haemonchus spp., Bunostomum spp., and Oesophagostomum spp. The Authors report up-to-date data on the distribution of the above cited helminths, as well as their essential morphological and biological characteristics and their zoonotic role.