Endoparasites Causing Infertility in Livestock Animals
Date
2021-08-02Author
Jeremiah, Jason Selvaratnam
Tiuria, Risa
Purwantara, Bambang
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Infertility is the decreased ability or inability to produce viable offspring. Endoparasite infections are one of the causes of infertility. The endoparasites responsible include Protozoa, Gastrointestinal Nematodes and Trematodes such as Neospora caninum, Tritrichomonas foetus, Toxoplasma gondii, Sarcocystis spp, Ostertagia ostertagi, Haemonchus contortus, and Fasciola hepatica. The goal of this literature review is to better understand the mechanism of these endoparasites in causing infertility in cattle, goats, and sheep and to briefly describe the prevalence in Malaysia, as well as methods of disease diagnosis and treatment. This study was conducted in a form of a literature review with relevant information regarding pathogenic mechanism, diagnosis, treatment and prevalence in Malaysia being sourced form seach engines such as Google Scholar, PubMed, Research Gate and Science Direct. Neosporosis, toxoplasmosis needed to invade the placenta and fetus to cause abortion. There was a difference in the pathogenic mechanisms of classical toxoplasmosis and acute phase abortion caused by toxoplasmosis. Sarcocystosis was found to cause testicular degeneration in bulls. It was concluded that the pathogenic mechanism of abortion by Neospora caninum, Toxoplasma gondii, Tritrichomonas foetus is roughly understood however Sarcocystis spp, Gastrointestinal nematodes and Fasiciola required furtherinvestigation. Infertilitas adalah penurunan kemampuan atau ketidakmampuan untuk
menghasilkan keturunan yang layak. Infeksi endoparasit merupakan salah satu
penyebab infertilitas. Endoparasit yang bertanggung jawab termasuk Protozoa,
Nematoda Gastrointestinal dan Trematoda seperti Neospora caninum,
Tritrichomonas foetus, Toxoplasma gondii, Sarcocystis spp, Ostertagia ostertagi,
Haemonchus contortus, dan Fasciola hepatica. Tujuan dari tinjauan pustaka ini
adalah untuk lebih memahami mekanisme endoparasit ini dalam menyebabkan
infertilitas pada sapi, kambing, dan domba dan untuk menggambarkan secara
ii
singkat prevalensi di Malaysia, serta metode diagnosis dan pengobatan penyakit.
Penelitian ini dilakukan dalam bentuk tinjauan pustaka dengan informasi yang
relevan mengenai mekanisme patogen, diagnosis, pengobatan dan prevalensi di
Malaysia yang bersumber dari mesin pencari seperti Google Scholar, PubMed,
Research Gate dan Science Direct. Neosporosis, toksoplasmosis diperlukan untuk
menyerang plasenta dan janin untuk menyebabkan aborsi. Terdapat perbedaan
mekanisme patogenik toksoplasmosis klasik dan abortus fase akut yang disebabkan
oleh toksoplasmosis. Sarcocystosis ditemukan menyebabkan degenerasi testis pad
sapi jantan. Disimpulkan bahwa mekanisme patogenik aborsi oleh Neospora
caninum, Toxoplasma gondii, Tritrichomonas Foetus secara kasar dipahami namun
Sarcocystis spp, nematoda Gastrointestinal dan Fasiciola memerlukan penyelidikan
lebih lanjut.