Fasciola hepatica, the etiologic agent of fascioliasis in the Caribbean region, occurs throughout the major islands of the Greater Antilles and in foci on two islands (Martinique and Saint Lucia) of the Lesser Antilles. According to a study conducted by the Pan American Health Organization (I), fascioliasis is recognized as causing prodigious losses to the food animal industries of Cuba, the Do...

Background: Fasciola hepatica is a genus of the trematodes which mainly affects the liver of sheep and these livestock are accidentally infected by eating plants or drinking water contaminated with the metacercariae of this parasite. These parasites can cause considerable economic damage by destroying the liver and bile ducts. OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to evaluate the role of ultras...

Commercially reared ostriches at Msengi farm situated in the Chinhoyi area of Mashonaland West province in Zimbabwe were found to be infected with the 'oriental eye fluke', Philopthalmus gralli, in 2001. This was the ist record of the fluke in Zimbabwe. Trials were conducted to identify a suitable drug for the treatment of this fluke. A total of 12 ostriches confirmed to be infected with the fl...

Dynamics of serum liver enzymes in rabbits experimentally infected with metacercariae of Fasciola sp. (intermediate form between Fasciola hepatica and F. gigantica) were monitored. Gradual increase of serum aspartate aminotransferase (AST) and alanine aminotransferase (ALT) were observed from 3 weeks post-inoculation (WPI) and peaked at 6 WPI, which corresponded well to the period of migration ...

Abstract Triclabendazole is one of the main drugs used to treat liver fluke in livestock. A rapid LC-MS/MS method was developed and validated determine ovine plasma levels triclabendazole sulfoxide. Gemini NX-C18 column achieve analytical separation, with gradient elution a mobile phase composed 0.1% formic acid acetonitril water at flow rate 0.6 mL/min. MRM positive ESI ionization for detectio...

BACKGROUND Bovine tuberculosis (bTB), caused by Mycobacterium bovis, remains a significant problem for livestock industries in many countries worldwide including Northern Ireland, where a test and slaughter regime has utilised the Single Intradermal Comparative Cervical Tuberculin (SICCT) test since 1959. We investigated the variation in post-mortem confirmation based on bTB visible lesion (VL)...