The Japanese Journal of Veterinary Science
Online ISSN : 1881-1442
Print ISSN : 0021-5295
ISSN-L : 0021-5295
Epidemiology of Abomasal Nematodes of Dairy Cattle in Hokkaido, Northern Japan
Shin-ichiro FUKUMOTOKatsuhiro ETANIKumiko TOIMitsuaki HANADATEMitsuji HIDAKAKazuhiko YOKOYATadashi HIRAMATSUTakako IGUCHISachiya KUDOKohichi MIYAMOTOGen BANDO
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1990 Volume 52 Issue 2 Pages 379-385

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The prevalence and intensity of infection with abomasal nematodiasis was stuided in dairy cattle of Hokkaido, northern Japan, for successive two years. During the period of March in 1985 to September in 1987, a total number of 393 abomasa of Holstein-Friesian cows was examined for nematode parasites. Nematodes were detected from 75% of the cows. The prevalence of nematode species detected was Ostertagia ostertagi 250 (63.6%), Mecistocirrus digitatus 181 (46.1%), Trichostrongylus axei 85 (21.6%) and Haemonchus sp. 1 (0.3%). The prevalence and population composition of each growth stage varied seasonally in O. ostertagi and M. digitatus. The large percentage of arrested larvae, early L4 O. ostertagi and immature L5 M. digitatus, detected during the mid-winter and the increasing percentage of matured adult populations of both species in early spring revealed the occurrence of the autumn associated arrested development (hypobiosis) phenomenon in bovine abomasum nematodes of Japan.

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