Parasitic infections in the organic beef cattle herds of southern Poland during the grazing season, with the first record of Calicophoron daubneyi (Dinnik, 1962) in the country

Parasitic infections in the organic beef cattle herds of southern Poland during the grazing season, with the first record of Calicophoron daubneyi (Dinnik, 1962) in the country

Journal of Veterinary Research

Volume 69 (2025): Issue 1 (March 2025)

By:

Paweł Nosal

, Jerzy Kowal

, Marta Basiaga

and Andrzej Węglarz

Open Access

|Mar 2025

Figures & Tables

Morphology (sagittal section) of Calicophoron daubneyi: a) whole worm; b and c) acetabulum

Parasitic infection of 287 organic beef cattle examined copro-microscopically using the McMaster flotation method: levels by herd, animal age and month of the grazing season

		n	Index	Eimeria sp.	Strongylida	Nematodirus sp.	Strongyloides sp.	Trichuris sp.	Aonchotheca sp.	Moniezia benedeni
In total		287	P	28.9	46.0	5.2	2.1	1.4	1.0	4.2
			CI^P	23.8–34.5	40.2–51.5	3.1–8.5	0.9–4.5	0.5–3.6	0.3–3.1	2.4–7.3
			Ic/In	287	113	177	53	35	20	++
			CI^I	113–793	88–147	62–324	23–93	20–50	NC	(+)–(+++)
Herd	A	100	P	39.0^a	44.0	6.0^ab	3.0	1.0	0.0	5.0
			CI^P	29.9–49.0	34.4–54.0	2.6–12.4	0.8–8.4	0.1–5.3	0.0–3.8	2.0–11.3
			Ic/In	297	56^b	23^b	60	80	NE	+++
			CI^I	104–974	42–76	20–27	20–100	NC	NC	(+)–(+++)
	B	47	P	23.4^ab	51.1	0.0^b	0.0	2.1	2.1	2.1
			CI^P	13.2–37.5	37.0–65.0	0.0–8.0	0.0–8.0	0.1–11.3	0.1–11.3	0.1–11.3
			Ic/In	42	48^b	NE	NE	20	20	+
			CI^I	29–53	33–91	NC	NC	NC	NC	NC
	C	69	P	30.4^ab	44.9	11.6^a	4.3	1.4	1.4	5.8
			CI^P	20.3–42.7	33.2–57.3	5.4–21.6	1.2–12.1	0.1–7.7	0.1–7.7	2.0–14.3
			Ic/In	524	192^a	313^a	47	20	20	+
			CI^I	59–2,790	125–306	118–498	20–67	NC	NC	(+)–(++)
	D	71	P	16.9^b	46.5	1.4^b	0.0	1.4	1.4	2.8
			CI^P	9.7–27.4	35.1–58.5	0.1–7.5	0.0–5.3	0.1–7.5	0.1–7.5	0.5–9.7
			Ic/In	60	162^a	20	NE	20	20	+
			CI^I	25–118	106–241	NC	NC	NC	NC	NC
Age	Calves (<0.5 year)	6	P	83.3^e	33.3	0.0	33.3^a	0.0	0.0	0.0^ab
			CI^P	41.1–99.2	6.3–72.9	0.0–41.1	6.3–72.9	0.0–41.1	0.0–41.1	0.0–41.1
			Ic/In	1268	320	NE	110	NE	NE	NE
			CI^I	28–3,700	40–320	NC	80–110	NC	NC	NC
	Yearlings (0.5–1 year)	13	P	69.2^e	69.2	7.7	15.4^a	0.0	7.7	23.1^a
			CI^P	41.3–88.7	41.3–88.7	0.4–34.2	2.8–43.4	0.0–22.5	0.4–34.2	6.6–52.0
			Ic/In	71	113	20	20	NE	20	+
			CI^I	36–164	56–184	NC	NC	NC	NC	+
	Heifers (1–2 years)	40	P	52.5^e	35.0	2.5	0.0^b	0.0	0.0	0.0^b
			CI^P	37.2–67.7	21.2–51.3	0.1–13.3	0.0–8.4	0.0–8.4	0.0–8.4	0.0–8.4
			Ic/In	182	53	20	NE	NE	NE	NE
			CI^I	32–486	33–100	NC	NC	NC	NC	NC
	Cows (>2 years)	228	P	21.1^f	46.9	5.7	0.9^b	1.8	0.9	3.9^b
			CI^P	16.2–26.9	40.3–53.5	3.2–9.6	0.2–3.2	0.6–4.5	0.2–3.2	2.0–7.4
			Ic/In	270	117	202	30	35	20	++
			CI^I	63–1,270	88–159	77–368	20–30	20–50	NC	(+)–(+++)
Month	May	51	P	27.5	70.6^a	0.0	3.9	0.0	3.9	0.0
			CI^P	16.4–41.1	56.9–81.6	0.0–7.3	0.7–13.4	0.0–7.3	0.7–13.4	0.0–7.3
			Ic/In	51	96^a	NE	50	NE	20	NE
			CI^I	29–126	72–137	NC	20–50	NC	NC	NC
	June	38	P	28.9	44.7^b	5.3	5.3	2.6	2.6	2.6
			CI^P	16.7–45.3	29.6–60.6	0.9–18.0	0.9–18.0	0.1–14.0	0.1–14.0	0.1–14.0
			Ic/In	38	76^ab	20	20	20	20	+
			CI^I	27–56	46–156	NC	NC	NC	NC	NC
	July	39	P	23.1	38.5^b	2.6	2.6	0.0	0.0	5.1
			CI^P	12.3–38.4	24.1–55.2	0.1–13.6	0.1–13.6	0.0–8.6	0.0–8.6	0.9–17.5
			Ic/In	722	68^b	100	140	NE	NE	+
			CI^I	36–2,890	31–159	NC	NC	NC	NC	+
	August	48	P	31.2	33.3^b	8.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.2
			CI^P	19.6–45.8	21.1–47.9	2.9–19.6	0.0–7.8	0.0–7.8	0.0–7.8	0.7–14.3
			Ic/In	260	43^b	20	NE	NE	NE	++
			CI^I	52–677	25–77	NC	NC	NC	NC	++
	September	57	P	29.8	45.6^b	8.8	1.8	1.8	0.0	5.3
			CI^P	19.1–42.9	33.2–58.8	3.5–19.1	0.1–9.3	0.1–9.3	0.0–6.6	1.4–14.6
			Ic/In	72	202^a	472	40	20	NE	+
			CI^I	42–121	111–324	128–616	NC	NC	NC	(+)–(++)
	October	54	P	31.5	40.7^b	5.6	0.0	3.7	0.0	7.4
			CI^P	20.2–45.3	28.4–54.7	1.5–15.5	0.0–6.9	0.7–12.7	0.0–6.9	2.6–17.4
			Ic/In	648	145^a	27	NE	50	NE	+++
			CI^I	74–3,480	76–235	20–33	NC	20–80	NC	(+)–(+++)

Genera and species as proportions of all Strongylida (%) in infected organic beef cattle, based on a total of 600 L3 infective larvae (150 L3 larvae from each herd) identified by larvoscopic examination

Genus or species of Nematoda	Herd				Total
Genus or species of Nematoda	A	B	C	D	Total
Ostertagia sp.	10.0	28.0	6.0	50.0	23.5
Haemonchus placei	65.3	58.0	68.6	13.3	51.3
Bunostomum sp.	ND	ND	4.7	ND	1.2
Trichostrongylus axei	2.7	3.3	16.6	24.7	11.8
Cooperia sp.	ND	8.7	2.7	4.7	4.0
Oesophagostomum sp.	20.7	2.0	0.7	7.3	7.7
Chabertia ovina	ND	ND	0.7	ND	0.2
Nematodirus fillicolis	1.3	ND	ND	ND	0.3

Proportion of particular Eimeria species (%) infecting organic beef cattle, based on a total of n = 600 oocysts (150 oocysts from each herd) identified after sporulation

Species of Eimeria	Herd				Total
Species of Eimeria	A	B	C	D	Total
E. bovis	21.3	52.0	8.0	67.3	37.1
E. zuernii	38.7	16.7	65.3	12.0	33.1
E. alabamensis	0.7	ND	ND	3.3	1.0
E. auburnensis	6.7	ND	2.7	3.3	3.2
E. ellipsoidalis	10.0	16.0	12.0	8.0	11.5
E. bukidnonensis	3.3	ND	3.3	ND	1.7
E. pellita	2.0	12.0	2.0	0.7	4.2
E. subspherica	3.3	ND	2.7	1.3	1.8
E. cylindrica	0.7	3.3	ND	2.0	1.5
E. canadensis	5.3	ND	ND	1.3	1.7
E. wyomingensis	8.0	ND	4.0	ND	3.0
E. brasiliensis	ND	ND	ND	0.7	0.2

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jvetres-2025-0012 | Journal eISSN: 2450-8608

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Language: English

Page range: 59 - 69

Submitted on: Aug 1, 2024

Accepted on: Feb 28, 2025

Published on: Mar 11, 2025

Published by: National Veterinary Research Institute in Pulawy

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© 2025 Paweł Nosal, Jerzy Kowal, Marta Basiaga, Andrzej Węglarz, published by National Veterinary Research Institute in Pulawy
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Parasitic infection of 287 organic beef cattle examined copro-microscopically using the McMaster flotation method: levels by herd, animal age and month of the grazing season

Genera and species as proportions of all Strongylida (%) in infected organic beef cattle, based on a total of 600 L3 infective larvae (150 L3 larvae from each herd) identified by larvoscopic examination

Proportion of particular Eimeria species (%) infecting organic beef cattle, based on a total of n = 600 oocysts (150 oocysts from each herd) identified after sporulation

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