Background: Some animal infectious diseases such as tuberculosis, hydatidosis, and fascioliasis cause public health concerns and also significant economic losses. The goal of this study was to assess the rate of fascioliasis, hydatidosis, and tuberculosis in domestic animals during post-mortem inspection at Jijel slaughterhouse, North-Eastern Algeria. Methods: The present study was carried out...

BACKGROUND Fascioliasis is a pathogenic disease transmitted by lymnaeid snails and recently emerging in humans, in part due to effects of climate changes, anthropogenic environment modifications, import/export and movements of livestock. South America is the continent presenting more human fascioliasis hyperendemic areas and the highest prevalences and intensities known. These scenarios appear ...

Fascioliasis adalah penyakit cacing hati yang dapat menyerang sapi dan sangat merugikan, karena menurunkan produktivitas. Peternakan perah di Tegalombo, Pacitan merupakan peternakan rakyat pengelolaannya banyak melibatkan perempuan. Penelitian ini bertujuan mengidentifikasi fascioliasis pada kecamatan kabupaten Pacitan. Sebanyak 50 ekor digunakan sebagai sampel dalam penelitian ini. Semua diper...

Liver fluke disease (fascioliasis) is an important parasitic disease found worldwide affecting sheep, goats, cattle and buffalo, as well as other domestic ruminants. The common causative agents are Fasciola hepatica and F. gigantica which require various species of Lymnaea, fresh water snails, as their intermediate hosts. The epidemiology of the disease and its prevalence in Malaysia is mention...

Fascioliasis is an endemic zoonotic disease in Iran. It occurs mainly in sheep-rearing areas of temperate climates, but sporadic cases have been reported from many other parts of the world. The usual definitive host is the sheep. Humans are accidental hosts in the life cycle of Fasciola. Typical symptoms may be associated with fascioliasis, but in some cases diagnosis and treatment may be prece...

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...

Fascioliasis is an infectious disease caused by the hepatic trematodes Fasciola hepatica and Fasciola gigantica. Here, we report the case of Fasciola gigantica presenting with biliary obstruction and abdominal pain that was diagnosed and treated by endoscopic retrograde cholangiography (ERCP). A 46-year-old woman presented with right upper quadrant abdominal pain and jaundice. Physical examinat...

Fascioliasis is an important parasitic foodborne disease responsible for significant public health problems with adverse pathological consequence of human. There are growing concerns about meat hygiene and safety cattle commercial purpose. Hence, the present study aimed at randomly reconnoitering some livers (CCL) sold major markets in Benin City, Nigeria by histopathological examination. Eight...