PMID: 2487002Aug 1, 1989Paper

Thelazia rhodesii (Desmarest, 1828) in cattle of Central Province, Zambia

Parassitologia
M Ghirotti, D S Iliamupu

Abstract

Sanga cattle from Central Zambia were examined during the dry and the rainy seasons for the presence of the adult stage of eyeworm Thelazia rhodesii. Prevalences were recorded according to age/sex groups. The occurrence of ocular diseases was also noted. Differences between the total prevalences of infection with the parasite in the dry and rainy seasons were observed: respectively 3.1% and 26.6% of all cattle examined (p less than 0.001), which numbered 223 head in the dry season and 248 in the rainy season. In both seasons, adult males showed the highest prevalence and calves the lowest. In the dry season the parasite was found in two of the 23 males (8.7%) but in none of the 24 calves. During the rains, eight of the 22 adult males (36.4%), and two of 53 calves (3.8%) were parasitized (p less than 0.001). A comparison of the prevalences in the latter season between a group of cows sprayed weekly with a synthetic pyrethroid and an untreated group showed no significant difference between the two groups (p greater than 0.1). No correlation was found between T. rhodesii infection and the occurrence of eye lesions (p greater than 0.1). It is concluded that in traditionally managed Zambian cattle the infection is seasonal, is more ...Continue Reading

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