Survey of gastrointestinal parasitic infections of beef cattle in regions under Mediterranean weather in Greece

dc.contributor.author	Theodoropoulos, G	en
dc.contributor.author	Peristeropoulou, P	en
dc.contributor.author	Kouam, MK	en
dc.contributor.author	Kantzoura, V	en
dc.contributor.author	Theodoropoulou, H	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-06-06T06:50:45Z
dc.date.available	2014-06-06T06:50:45Z
dc.date.issued	2010	en
dc.identifier.issn	13835769	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.parint.2010.07.004	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://62.217.125.90/xmlui/handle/123456789/5141
dc.subject	Beef cattle	en
dc.subject	Farm	en
dc.subject	Gastrointestinal parasites	en
dc.subject	Greece	en
dc.subject	Risk factors	en
dc.subject.other	animal experiment	en
dc.subject.other	article	en
dc.subject.other	beef cattle	en
dc.subject.other	climate	en
dc.subject.other	coccidial infection	en
dc.subject.other	controlled study	en
dc.subject.other	employee	en
dc.subject.other	farm animal	en
dc.subject.other	feces	en
dc.subject.other	female	en
dc.subject.other	gastrointestinal infection	en
dc.subject.other	geographical variation (species)	en
dc.subject.other	Greece	en
dc.subject.other	helminth	en
dc.subject.other	infection control	en
dc.subject.other	infection risk	en
dc.subject.other	male	en
dc.subject.other	nonhuman	en
dc.subject.other	oocyst	en
dc.subject.other	parasite identification	en
dc.subject.other	parasitosis	en
dc.subject.other	priority journal	en
dc.subject.other	Animals	en
dc.subject.other	Capillaria	en
dc.subject.other	Cattle	en
dc.subject.other	Cattle Diseases	en
dc.subject.other	Climate	en
dc.subject.other	Coccidia	en
dc.subject.other	Coccidiosis	en
dc.subject.other	Feces	en
dc.subject.other	Greece	en
dc.subject.other	Helminthiasis, Animal	en
dc.subject.other	Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic	en
dc.subject.other	Parasite Egg Count	en
dc.subject.other	Seasons	en
dc.subject.other	Strongyloides	en
dc.subject.other	Toxocara	en
dc.subject.other	Animalia	en
dc.subject.other	Bos	en
dc.subject.other	Capillaria	en
dc.subject.other	Coccidia	en
dc.subject.other	Moniezia	en
dc.subject.other	Strongyloides	en
dc.subject.other	Toxocara	en
dc.subject.other	Vermes	en
dc.title	Survey of gastrointestinal parasitic infections of beef cattle in regions under Mediterranean weather in Greece	en
heal.type	journalArticle	en
heal.identifier.primary	10.1016/j.parint.2010.07.004	en
heal.publicationDate	2010	en
heal.abstract	Gastrointestinal (GI) parasitic infections of beef cattle were investigated in 15 farms from 3 different regions of Greece, characterized by temperate Mediterranean climate, during two years. A total of 262 faecal samples were collected. Helminth eggs were detected in 42 (16%) samples. Strongyle-type eggs were found in 28 (10.7%) samples, Strongyloides spp. and Toxocara spp. eggs in 8 (3.1%) samples each, and Capillaria spp. and Moniezia spp. eggs in 1 (0.4%) sample each. Coccidian oocysts were found in 123 (46.9%) samples. A logistic regression model showed that the age of animals, the number of employees, and the region of animals were associated with coccidian infections. There was almost a four-fold increase in the risk of coccidian infections in calves less than 12. months old compared with animals that were more than 36 months old (p < 0.05). The risk of coccidian infections was 0.07, 0.18 and 0.27-fold lower for farms with 1, 2 and 3 employees respectively compared to farms with 4 employees; farms with less than 4 employees had a protective effect (p < 0.05 in all cases). Almost a four-fold increased risk of coccidian infections was shown for animals from Epirus compared with those from Thessaly (p < 0.05). These findings are useful to formulate appropriate control strategies for coccidian parasites of beef cattle in Greece and other areas with similar climatic conditions. © 2010 Elsevier Ireland Ltd.	en
heal.journalName	Parasitology International	en
dc.identifier.issue	4	en
dc.identifier.volume	59	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.1016/j.parint.2010.07.004	en
dc.identifier.spage	556	en
dc.identifier.epage	559	en