History: The ewe was a homebred breeding ewe on a farm in the Scottish Borders. The flock was composed of 530 ewes and 150 ewe hoggs which were housed from January to April. The ewes had been dosed for liver fluke in the previous autumn but not treated for worms, and had no worm treatment at lambing. Nematode parasites were effectively controlled by integrated evasive/anthelmintic strategies an...

Infection with Fasciola hepatica (liver fluke) causes fasciolosis (or fascioliasis) and poses a considerable economic as well welfare burden to both the agricultural animal health sectors. Here, we explore ex vivo anthelmintic potential of synthetic derivatives hederagenin, isolated in bulk from Hedera helix. Thirty-six compounds were initially screened against F. newly excysted juveniles (NEJs...

a patient who had a migratory cutaneous nodule and tumor removed for the second time was diagnosed as having the liver fluke, fasciola hepatica. in this article, we present a case report of this peculiar manifestation of fascioliasis, as well as a general overview of the disease.

To understand the effects of anthropogenic disturbance on nutritional health animals, it is important to measure and morphometrics, allometrics, body condition species. We examined shape, allometric relationships, short-finned pilot whales (Globicephala macrorhynchus) in three locations across North Atlantic. Using unmanned aerial vehicles, length (BL) width (along axis) were measured from phot...

In the present study, we evaluated the histological morphology of the adult Paramphistomum (P.) gracile. Adult flukes with bodies 5~15 mm in length and 2~7 mm in width were subjected to histological analysis. Longitudinal and transversal serial-sections were stained with hematoxylin and eosin, and examined. The body surface and longitudinal section of P. gracile were also assessed using scannin...

Second intermediate host-specificity was examined for 2 species of the frog lung fluke genus Haematolechus. Nine species of freshwater arthropods were exposed to cercariae of H. complexus and H. medioplexus. Metacercariae of H. complexus developed in all arthropod species used. Metacercariae of H. medioplexus developed only in anisopteran odonate naiads. This difference in host utilization may ...