Abstract:Fascioliasis is a common disease of sheep and other ruminants caused by F. hepatica and F. gigantica. The disease is worldwide in distribution and is liable for causing extensive economic losses to the livestock industry encompassing reductions in weight gain, wool production and fertility. It is caused by two members of genus Fasciola; Fasciola (F.) gigantica and F. hepatica. Fasciolosis is also known as, fasciolasis, distomatosis and liver rot. It occasionally affects humans, hence considered as a zoonotic d… Show more
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