First abattoir report on bovine dicrocoeliosis from Algiers (Algeria)

Abstract

The aim of the present study was to detect a possible presence of dicrocoeliosis in cattle  slaughtered in the Mitidja’s area (north of Algeria). Livers of 1,400 cattle were examined during  evisceration by dissecting the biliary duct and looking for the small liver fluke Dicrocoelium  sp. Moreover, the bile of each cattle was harvested and analyzed in order to observe the  presence of the parasite’s eggs. The results revealed Dicrocoelium sp. in cattle from two  slaughterhouses in Algiers. The prevalence of dicrocoeliosis in cattle was found to be 0.07%  and 0.86% corresponding to the flukes and eggs-positive cases, respectively. This is the first  record of dicrocoeliosis in Algeria as no data from previous reports suggested likewise .