YLLKA (MIJA) ÇANI, BEJO BIZHGA
PhD Candidate, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Agricultural University, Tirana, Albania
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Agricultural University, Tirana, Albania
*Corresponding author; E-mail: ylkamia@live.com
Abstract
Qualitative and quantitative examinations on the prevalence and parasitic load values of Ascaris suum infection was realized in the stools, nasal secretions, liver and lungs in all pig categories. Epidemiological coproscopy results showed that the most affected category are piglets 0-3 months (90% of heads and average parasitic load 142 e/g/f). Piglets category 3-7 months resulted in 71.9% and average parasitic load 184 e/g/f. Coproscopy examinations are efficient and offer the possibility of epidemiological estimates, while post-mortem examinations in slaughterhouses are efficient, low cost and provide sufficient data for Ascaris suum infection. Post mortem examinations to the slaughterhouse were alternative methods of study. In piglets, we examined nasal and lung secretions for the presence and number of larvae. This method was applied as an alternative examinations method. Especially in piglets became careful clinical observation for signs of pneumonia and when parasitic pneumonia detected, the nose leaks were examined for the presence and number of larvae. Efficient alternative diagnostic techniques for Ascaris suum infection diagnosis used as comparative testing and are made in all pig farms in all the territory of the country. These methods used and converted into routine techniques to perform qualitative and quantitative diagnosis and other Ascaris suum infection estimates.
Keywords: Ascaris suum; infection; pigs; method; estimates.
