INVESTIGATION OF PARASITIC DISEASES IN LIVER OF CATTLE AT DINAJPUR DISTRICT

Abstract

The study was conducted in different slaughter house to find out the incidence of different diseases affecting the liver of cattle at Dinajpur district of Bangladesh. The investigation was carried out from March, 2011 to December, 2011.55 cattle liver collected freshly from different slaughter house. Livers exhibiting gross alterations were cleaned with normal neutral saline and the changes were recorded. The lesions containing tissue samples were preserved in 10% formalin for fixation and subjected for histopathology. The incidence of fascioliasis shown highest 36 (65.45%) among 55 diseased livers examined, followed hydatidosis 11 (20.00%), Cirrhosis 5 (9.1%), abscess 2 (3.63%), and mixed infection 3 (5.45%). Among the investigation it was found that the prevalence of disease is higher in female than the male such the percentage found as 52.77% for female and 47.22% for male animal in case of fascioliasis, 45.45% male and 54.54% female for hydatidosis, 60% for female and 40% for male in case of cirrhosis, 100% female in case of abscess.