Presence of Cotylophoron sp in bovine of the province of Moyobamba, Peru

The aim of this study was to determine the presence of Cotylophorum sp in cattle in six districts of the province of Moyobamba, Peru. A total of 411 faecal samples of cattle aged 1.5 to 8 years between October and November 2011 were collected. The samples were processed by the method of feacal sedim...

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Autores: Rojas H., Kelwin, Serrano-Martínez, Enrique, Tantaleán V., Manuel, Casas V., Gina C., Quispe H., Marco
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2015
País:Perú
Institución:Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
Repositorio:Revistas - Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:revistasinvestigacion.unmsm.edu.pe:article/11179
Acceso en línea:https://revistasinvestigacion.unmsm.edu.pe/index.php/veterinaria/article/view/11179
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:flukes
bovine
Cotylophoron
sedimentation
Moyobamba
trematodos
bovino
sedimentación
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Sumario:The aim of this study was to determine the presence of Cotylophorum sp in cattle in six districts of the province of Moyobamba, Peru. A total of 411 faecal samples of cattle aged 1.5 to 8 years between October and November 2011 were collected. The samples were processed by the method of feacal sedimentation. The results showed the presence of eggs of Cotylophoron sp, with a prevalence of 55%. No statistically difference was found between the variables age, sex and place of origin and the presence of Cotylophoron sp.