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. 2005 May;147(6):253-7.
doi: 10.1024/0036-7281.147.6.253.

[The awareness of farmers with regard to bovine fascioliasis]

[Article in German]
G Schweizer  1 , M Hässig, U Braun
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[The awareness of farmers with regard to bovine fascioliasis]

[Article in German]
G Schweizer et al. Schweiz Arch Tierheilkd. 2005 May.
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Abstract

The owners of 54 cattle herds with bovine fasciolosis, as a livestock problem in Switzerland, were surveyed on their farm, on their education and knowledge on Fasciola hepatica. The aim of the survey was to assess the awareness of the farmers concerning this economically important parasitosis. The analysis of the questionnaires revealed that 72.2% of the farmers were unaware of the fasciolosis in their animals. The knowledge of 51 out of 54 (94.4%) respondents was classified as low to moderate, only four farmers (7.4%) had knowledge of control strategies in addition to the parasite cycle. The knowledge on fasciolosis did not correlate with farm data or year of graduation from school for agriculture. Furthermore, the results were compared to the answers of 33 farmers whose animals were not infected with Fasciola hepatica. Of this group of respondents 12.1% believed that their cattle suffered from fasciolosis.

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