Animal Reservoir Hosts and Fish-borne Zoonotic Trematode Infections on Fish Farms, Vietnam |
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| Authors: | Nguyen Thi Lan Anh Nguyen Thi Phuong K. Darwin Murrell Maria Vang Johansen Anders Dalsgaard Luong To Thu Tran Thi Kim Chi Stig Milan Thamsborg |
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| Affiliation: | National Institute of Veterinary Research, Hanoi, Vietnam (N.T.L. Anh, N.T. Phuong, L.T. Thu);University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark (N.T.L. Anh, D. Murrell, M. Vang Johansen, A. Dalsgaard, S.M. Thamsborg);Research Institute for Aquaculture I, Tu Son, Bắc Ninh, Vietnam (T.T.K. Chi) |
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| Abstract: | Fish-borne zoonotic trematodes (FZT) pose a risk to human food safety and health and may cause substantial economic losses in the aquaculture industry. In Nghe An Province, Vietnam, low prevalence of FZT for fish farmers but high prevalence for fish indicate that reservoir hosts other than humans may play a role in sustaining transmission. To determine whether domestic animals may be reservoir hosts, we assessed prevalence and species composition of FZT infections in dogs, cats, and pigs in a fish-farming community in Vietnam. Feces from 35 cats, 80 dogs, and 114 pigs contained small trematode eggs at 48.6%, 35.0%, and 14.4%, respectively; 7 species of adult FZT were recovered from these hosts. These results, combined with data from previous investigations in this community, imply that domestic animals serve as reservoir hosts for FZT and therefore must be included in any control programs to prevent FZT infection in humans. |
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| Keywords: | Zoonosis fish-borne trematodes parasites reservoir hosts fish aquaculture domestic animals Vietnam research |
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