INTAS POLIVET
Open Access
  • Year: 2017
  • Volume: 18
  • Issue: 1

Therapeutic Management of Ovine Fasciolosis

  • Author:
  • R.J. Bhojani, K.P. Parmar, M. Chaudhuri, K.M. Gohil, K. Chavda
  • Total Page Count: 3
  • Page Number: 105 to 107

Veterinary Dispensary, Department of Animal Husbandry, Navapara, Bhavnagar-364060 (Gujarat)

Online published on 20 November, 2017.

Abstract

In the study, faecal samples were collected randomly from 998 sheep for evaluating fasciolosis 136 (13.36%) samples were positive for F. gigantica along with clinical manifestation of dullness, pale and edema of mucosa and conjunctiva, sub-mandibular edema and discharge of frothy blood through nostrils. All sheep were treated with Oxyclozanide and Levamisole along with liver tonic and recovered completely after 15 days of treatment.

Keywords

F. gigantica, prevalence, sheep, treatment