Fasciolosis and schistosomiasis prevalence in livestock & wildlife, western Uganda Namirembe D., Tolo C.U., Tumusiime J., Wangalwa R. & Huyse T.

• Parasite eggs were identified 2. Prevalence of fasciolosis Introduction Study aim morphologically (Valero et al., 2009) in wild animals • Fasciolosis & schistosomiasis • To determine the prevalence of • A few stool samples (Table 1) are among the most important fasciolosis and schistosomiasis Results from hippopotami and zoonoses world wide, including in livestock and wild animals 1. Prevalence of Fasciola and baboons were found positive Uganda. with Fasciola parasites. Study area Schistosoma in cattle and • About 750 million people at Table1: Prevalence of fasciolosis among wild animals risk of zoonoses (Miranda, 2018). goats • Fasciola sp. occur both at the Animal n Prevalence(%) lake shores of lake Albert and Warthogs 12 8 upland in both cattle and goats. Baboons 13 7 Hippopotami 36 61 UPLAND LAKE SHORES 80 Elephants 21 0 60 58 60 Fig 2: Location of study sites, Uganda Plate 3: Fasciola 1. Prevalence of Fasciola and 40 30 31 sp. eggs obtained

Fasciola Schistosoma in cattle and goats from hippopotamus Methods 20 (scale=100μm) Fig 1: Life cycle of Fasciola spp prevalence(%) • Community grazing grounds and • Communal grazing and 0 water sources were selected Cattle Goat Conclusions sharing water sources are purposively. great risk factors. Fig 3: Prevalence of fasciolosis in goats • Fasciolosis is more prevalent in • 222 cattle, 62 goats and 82 wild and cattle animals’ stool samples were livestock and wild animals than • The prevalence of Schistosoma collected randomly. schistosomiasis. bovis was 3% in cattle. • Molecular ID of Fasciola spp to identify animal reservoirs • Results will be compared with xenomonitoring in snail hosts Acknowledgement This study was supported by the ATRAP project Plate1: Cattle and children sharing (Action Towards Reducing Aquatic snail borne Plate 2: S. bovis eggs obtained from Parasitic diseases) of the Belgian Development a water source in the study area Cooperation program of the Royal Museum for Santana et al. (2015 ) cattle’s stool samples (scale=100μm) Central Africa