The occurence of fasciolosis in cattle at slaughter in Ireland

Abstract

Fasciolosis is of great economic importance to the cattle industry both in Ireland and worldwide. Recent studies show that between78% and 83% of Irish dairy farms have been exposed to liver fluke. The results of this study show that 17.57% of animals slaughtered during the survey were infected with liver fluke. Global annual losses caused by fasciolosis are estimated at 2.5 billion euro.