Fascioliasis prevalences among animals and human in Upper Egypt

Coprological surveys on animal and human fascioliasis were performed in Qena, a governorate located in Upper Egypt. Animal and human stool samples were collected from four localities: Abu-Tesht, Qena, Armant, and Isna. A total of 297 stool samples from different animals were examined. These samples are (105 cows, 163 buffaloes and 29 sheep). The overall prevalence was 30.3% and including 28.6% in cows, 33.7% in buffaloes, and 17.2% in sheep. These differences in prevalences between definitive hosts were not significant. However, prevalences were significantly different among localities, these values being lower in Qena (7.6%) and Armant (18.2%) than in Abu-Tesht (54.7%) and Isna (42.6%). No fasciolid egg was found in human examined stool samples from the same localities.