Healt problems and economic losses associated with endoparasites and ectoparasites in domestic animals

Abstract

Parasitic infection of domestic animals occur, persist and spread under the influence of numerous episootiologica factors pertaining to the chatacteristics of the causing agents, hosts, geographic and climatic conditions, breading and feeding methods, as well as to the habits and educational level of the people that are in direct or indirect contact with the animals. In modern livestock production, in the intensive rearing system of cattle, pigs and poultry, it is indispensable to undertake certain preventive measures against parasitic infections in order to prevent both direct or indirect economic losses. In young animals mainly endoparasites (protozoa and helminths) are of health and economic importance ; whereas in adult animals both endoparasites and ectoparasites have the same importance for health and production traits. It is necessery to stress the importance parasitic zoonoses play of as they can have some bearing on human health as well. .

Parazitske infekcije domaćih i divljih životinja pojavljuju se, održavaju i šire se zahvaljujući delovanju brojnih epizootioloških faktora vezanih za osobine uzročnika, domaćina, geografskih i klimatskih karakteristika područja, načina gajenja i ishrane životinja, običaja i prosvećenosti stanovništva koji imaju neposredan ili posredan kontakt sa životinjama. U savremenoj stočarskoj proizvodnji, u intenzivnom uzgoju goveda, svinja i peradi, neophodno je preduzeti preventivne mere za parazitske infekcije, kako bi se sprečilo nastajanje direktnih i indirektnih ekonomskih šteta. Zdravstveni i ekonomski značaj kod podmlatka imaju endoparazitoze (protozoe i helminti).Kod starijih životinja endo i ektoparazitoze imaju isti značaj na zdravstveno stanje i proizvodne sposobnosti. Posebno treba istaći značaj parazitskih zoonoza koje mogu imati uticaja i na zdravlje ljudi. .