Aim: Bovine visceral schistosomiasis has been reported as an important disease entity as it affects animal health, productivity, causes economic losses due to liver condemnation, and produces a high morbidity. This study was conducted to standardize an easy, reliable dot-enzyme-linked immunosorbent ...

Pig cysticercosis is an infection caused by the larval stage of pork tapeworm and Papua is one of the largest endemic areas of cysticercosis in Indonesia. This survey aim was to determine the seroprevalence of pig cystisercosis in Papua. A total of 311 pig serum samples collected from six regencies ...

The objectives of the current study were to find the prevalence and phenotyping of adult Haemonchus contortus in sheep, goats and cattle from different geographical areas of Pakistan. We used 300 abomasa collected from slaughtered animals with total worm burden of 1950 and only adult worms were...

Trichinosis is an acute or chronic helminthic disease caused by ingestion of raw or undercooked meat and meat products infected with viable Trichinelia larvae. It presents with fever, myalgia, periorbital or facial edema, high eosinophilia, skin rash and allergic syndrome. In humans the disease...

A study was carried out in a sheep slaughterhouse in Tabasco, Mexico, to determine immunological parameters in sheep, through blood, saliva, feces and mucous samples from small intestine and rennet of n=60. The cell agglomerate volume (VCA), plasma protein (PP), and leukocyte differential count...

The purpose of the study was to determine the levels of serum haptoglobin, oxidative indicators and some biochemical parameters in calves naturally infected with Toxocara vitulorum, and to investigate their diagnostic importance. For this purpose, 10 clinically healthy calves as control and 20...

Aim: Fascioliasis is a zoonosis infection caused by the liver trematodes (Fasciola spp.) which have been considered to be an important disease in livestock. After several large outbreaks, fascioliasis remains one of the serious health concerns of Iran. This study was conducted to evaluate the...

Aim: Echinococcosis or hydatidosis (due to the larval stage of Echinococcus spp.) and cysticercosis (due to the larval stage of Taenia hydatigena) pose a significant economic losses due to slaughter condemnation and risk to public health in developing countries such as Tanzania where sanitation is...

BACKGROUND: Fasciola species are parasitic trematode with world wide distribution that infects wild and domesticated herbivores, particularly ruminants. OBJECTIVES: The aim of the present study was to investigate the intra species variations of F. gigantica, from goats and buffalo isolates in two...

This paper describes the relationship of trace and ultra-trace minerals with the gastrointestinal (GI) helminth burden in rangeland sheep reared in district Chakwal, Pakistan. A total of 384 sheep were randomly subjected to collect sera and fecal samples during autumn, 2014. Trace and ultra-trace...