Incidencia de Fasciola Hepática en las Empresas de Rastro de la Provincia de Chimborazo.

Abstract

The hepatic fasciola is a parasite that is present and it constitutes a frequent illness inbovine of the county of Chimborazo that causes economic losses when interfering in the normal development of the animal and to brake its production or growth, overdrafts in theseizures of livers. The positive cases of hepatic fasciola in the animals of the nearcommunities don't present discharges numeric differences among these, adducing that thehandling of the bovine ones is almost similar in each one of the areas. In 2011, in a periodof 8 months from a bovine total of 21421 an incidence of 13% was detected, in thecompanies of slaughterhouse of the county of Chimborazo, of animals dedicated to thesacrifice, this means that in the county a high incidence of this parasite type exists. ilt isbecause it is advisable to carry out a control strategy specifically in winter times by meansof periodic samples taking of the animals to establish a diagnosis of the presence of thisparasite and power to arrive to treatments strategic against parasites in the correct time,specially to design a program of efficient control according to the area, herdsmen's rotationand to avoid the shepherding together bovine with ovine. The obtained results of the incidence of the hepatic fasciola in the companies of slaughterhouse of Chimborazo haveallowed to know the lack of a régime of appropriate handling, therefore it is indispensablethat are carried out training campaigns on these aspects, in such a way that the producerscan improve the conditions of sustainable productivity in the cattle area.