INCIDENCE AND CLINICAL ASPECTS OF COLON CILIATE BUXTONELLA SULCATA INFECTION IN CATTLE

Abstract

The objective of the studies was to determine the intensity of invasion of Buxtonella sulcata ciliates in the colon of ruminants and the probability of its effect on the incidence of periodical recurrent diarrhoea of undetermined etiology in dairy cattle. The studies were carried out in two stages at 19 farms in the Lublin region. They covered 122 cows, Lowland Black-and-White and HF breeds as well as their hybrids. The studies revealed significant common incidence of this protozoon. Also, the increasing frequency of diarrhoea incidence proportional to the increasing intensity of infection was noticed. With the intensity exceeding 1 000 cysts per 1 g of faeces, diarrhoea was found in almost 90% of the examined animals, and with intensity exeeding 2 000 – in all the cows.