Mark Stephen S. Ballog, Sharmaine D. Codiam, Rex S. Langngag, Claire P. Galnawan, Delia B. Basing-at, Santos B. Sicnawa

ABSTRACT

The study identified and established the presence of liver fluke and other internal parasites in Tabuk City and Tanudan, Kalinga. It determined the prevalence rate of liver fluke and other intestinal parasites of ruminants in the municipalities, and compared the prevalence rate of parasites between an urban location (Tabuk City) and rural location (Tanudan).

The study was conducted in Tabuk City and Tanudan from June to November 2017. Random sampling was used to gather the fecal samples of 141 ruminants (81 carabaos, 32 goats, and 23 cattle) and were examined for the presence of Fasciola spp., Paramphistome spp., Roundworm, and Coccidia (Eimeria spp.). Prevalence of the infection was assessed and its distribution between species and rural and urban areas.

Liver fluke was found to infect the cattle, carabaos, and goats in the area with a higher percentage in the rural (Tanudan) than in the urban areas (Tabuk City). Roundworms and rumen fluke (Paramphistome spp.) were also found to infect the ruminants in the area with the same prevalence rate as in the liver fluke. Coccidia is also present in the fecal samples, the prevalence of this parasite is higher in the urban than in the rural area.

 Keywords: ruminant parasites, liver fluke, livestock diseases, livestock parasites