A review of bovine fasciolosis and other trematode infections in Nigeria
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A Review on Bovine Fasciolosis
Bovine fasciolosis is a parasitic disease of cattle caused by trematodes usually Fasciola gigantica and Fasciola hepatica in the tropics. The members of this genus are commonly known as liver flukes. The life cycle of these trematodes involves snail as an intermediate host (IH). The disease is found in vast water lodged and marshy grazing field condition anticipated to be ideal for the propagat...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Helminthology
سال: 2017
ISSN: 0022-149X,1475-2697
DOI: 10.1017/s0022149x17000402