Journal of Veterinary Parasitology
SCOPUS
  • Year: 2008
  • Volume: 22
  • Issue: 1

Infestation of Opisthorchis tenuicollis in a pig – An abattoir report

  • Author:
  • M.L. Gatne, R.P. Gaurat, R.P. Pednekar, S.B. Patil, S.K. Savant, S.S. Ugalmugle
  • Total Page Count: 2
  • Page Number: 69 to 70

Department of Parasitology, Bombay Veterinary College, Mumbai-400 012, India.

Abstract

A massive infestation of Opisthorcis tenuicollis in a pig slaughtered at Mumbai abattoir is described in relation to gross and histopathological changes in the liver with a note on morphology of the parasite.

Keywords

Opisthorchis tenuicollis, Pathology, Pig, Mumbai