| Autor: |
FALOHUN, Olufarati Oludunsin, OBEBE, Oluwasola Olaiya, ONYICHE, Emmanuel ThankGod, OKE, Philip Oladele, OMOTAINSE, Oluwadamilola Samuel, ADELABU, David Babatunde |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2016 |
| Zdroj: |
Animal Research International; Vol 12, No 3 (2015); 2268-2273 |
| ISSN: |
1597-3115 |
| Popis: |
Fasciola gigantica is the parasitic fluke causing tropical fasciolosis leading to greateconomic losses in cattle production in Nigeria. One hundred and five (105) flukes werecollected and identified after careful examination of the bile ducts from twenty one (21)infected slaughtered cattle out of a total of two hundred (200) cattle examined fromBodija Municipal Abattoir. Semichon’s Acetic-Carmine staining technique and histologicalexamination was carried out for parasitic identification while simple faecal floatation andsedimentation techniques was done for parasite egg examination. Postmortemexamination showed enlarged and friable liver covered with fibrin tags while bile ductswere thickened, distended and packed with adult flukes when sliced open. Microscopicand histological examination revealed greyish-brown leaf-shaped adult Fasciola giganticaflukes, bearing a cone shaped projection and a pair of broad shoulders with the intestinalceca branched as well as the testes and the ovary. The vitelline follicles fill the lateralfields of the worm and the common genital pore just anterior to the acetabulum. LargeFasciola gigantica eggs which are oval, yellowish to greenish in colour and bears a polaroperculum. Public enlightenment especially among the butchers and abattoir workersshould be periodical on the public health importance of the parasite and howunwholesome abattoir practices can lead to accidental human infection. This will greatlyreduce the practice of selling infected organ that have been deemed unfit for humanconsumption.Keywords: Fasciola gigantica, Cattle, Semichon’s Acetic-Carmine technique, Histology, Bile duct |
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OpenAIRE |
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