Advances in Animal and Veterinary SciencesHealth Organization (WHO) as one of the neglected Infectious diseases (NIDs). Schistosomiasis is an important public health problem and presents an economic burden since a review of the disease burden estimated that more than 200 000 deaths per year in sub-Saharan Africa.There is approximately 779 million people are at risk of infection worldwide. The Global Health Estimates disease burden over the past decade from 1.7 million disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) to as many as 56 million DALYs, depending on the disease prevalence (
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