A Fatal Calf Case of Trichuriasis

Coprological Survey of Parasitic Infections in Pigs and Cattle in Slaughterhouse in Osaka, Japan

“…While Trichuris infection in cattle has rare clinical significance, death due to severe infection or infection in combination with other pathogens, such as Eimeria spp., is occasionally reported [17,36,37,39]. In the present study, 7 (87.5%) of 8 cattle infected with Trichuris sp.…”

“…Nevertheless, there is insufficient information about these infections in pigs in Japan, although there have been a few surveys of these parasites [9,18,22,40]. On the other hand, according to Animal Hygiene Weekly (edited by the Animal Health Division of the Bureau of Animal Industry, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Japan), Eimeria infections in cattle have been increasing for a decade, and infections by Trichuris including cases resulting in death, are occasionally reported [17,36,37,39]; however, in recent years few surveys on these infections in cattle have been reported [38]. Thus, we tried to estimate the prevalence of these intestinal parasites in the pigs and cattle brought to a slaughterhouse by a coproscopic approach.…”