Bihonegn Wodajnew

PLOS ONE, Jul 2023 Schistosomiasis is a tropical and subtropical parasitic infection that affects both animals and humans. It’s caused by the Schistosoma genus and spreads via snails as an intermediate host. Schistosoma bovis is widely spread in Ethiopia’s Northern, Eastern, Southwestern, and Central regions. It is an economically significant cattle disease with global health implications.

Risk factor studies Several risk factors have been documented in previous reports in Ethiopia and are presented in (Table 4) and the risk factors considered to affect the occurrence of Schistosoma infection in cattle are geographical locations, age, sex, body condition score (poor, medium or good), breed (cross or local), farm management practices (intensive, semi-intensive or extensive). The association of body condition with bovine schistosomiasis.