Abstract:
An abattoir survey was conducted on 144 cattle slaughtered at El-Sabaloga abattoir, North Omdurman, Omdurman State, Sudan, during the period from December 2014 to February 2015. The objective was to estimate prevalence of Bovine Fasciolasis and to investigate risk factor associated with disease. Routine meat inspection procedure was employed to detect the presence of Fasciola in liver. Faecal materials were collected in to polythene bags directly from the rectum of each of the cattle being sampled after they had been slaughtered.The examined cattle originated from three areas: Eldeain, Neyala, Soge Elmoalhe. The prevalence of Fasciola infection according to the areas was: Eldeain 0%, Neyala 3.3%, Soge Elmoalhe 4.49%. The prevalence distribution of Fasciolasis according to the age of animal was: young animal (>2year) 5.2%, medium animal (2-5year) 4%, and l0% in old anima (>5years) .The prevalence distribution of Fasciolasis according to treatment were: 1.69%in animal treated 9.3%in animal that owner said not treatment. The prevalence of Fasciolasis according to the drinking from ground were: 0%in animals were not drinking from ground, 4.09% of animals were drinking from ground
