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Cattle schistosomiasis in Zambia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2009

J. De Bont ,
J. Vercruysse ,
V.R. Southgate ,
D. Rollinson  and
A. Kaukas
J. De Bont
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical Studies, Samora Machel School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zambia, Box 323 79, Lusaka, Zambia
J. Vercruysse*
Affiliation:
Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, State University of Gent, Casinoplein 24, 9000 Gent, Belgium
V.R. Southgate
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, South Kensington, London SW7 5BD, UK
D. Rollinson
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, South Kensington, London SW7 5BD, UK
A. Kaukas
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, South Kensington, London SW7 5BD, UK
*
* Author for correspondence.
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Abstract

A total of 358 cattle was examined for schistosome infection in Zambian slaughterhouses. A total of 542 worms collected from 104 infected individuals was examined for glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase and phosphoglucomutase using isoelectric focusing. The overall prevalence of infection was 51%. Ninety three percent of the infected animals had less than 100 worm pairs in the mesenteric veins. Schistosoma mattheei was the predominant species (75%); S. leiperi (12%) and S. margrebowiei (2%) were also identified. The remaining 11% of the worms showed one of two distinct heterozygote patterns. Pattern A is identical to that of a laboratory-produced Fl S. mattheei × S. haematobium hybrid, but could also represent a S. mattheei × S. leiperi hybrid. Further studies are required to elucidate the origins of pattern B.

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Journal of Helminthology , Volume 68 , Issue 4 , December 1994 , pp. 295 - 299
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1994

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