D icrocoelium dendriticum is the most widespread liver fluke in cattle and sheep in Italy [1]. Adult forms live in the gall bladder and bile ducts of their final hosts (ruminants). Eggs are passed in faeces and ingested by land snails which excrete cercaria in mucous balls, which are eaten by ants. Infestation usually occurs by ingestion of ants that carry metacercariae by animals and occasiona...

An epidemiological study on dicrocoeliosis caused by Dicrocoelium dendriticum was carried out on sheep, molluscs and ants in the mountains of León province (NW Spain) between 1987-1991. The results concerning the intermediate hosts and a review of some aspects of dicrocoeliosis are summarized. Mollusc collection for the helminthological study was random throughout the study area at fortnightly ...

A cross-sectional survey was carried out on 2004-2005 in the Campania region, southern Italy, to study the multivariate geographical distribution of four different sheep helminths, i.e. Fasciola hepatica (liver fluke), Calicophoron (Paramphistomum) daubneyi (rumen fluke), Dicrocoelium dendriticum (lancet fluke), and the gastrointestinal strongyle Haemonchus contortus. A series of multivariate B...

Social behavioral factors associated with Clonorchis infection are needed for control measures. The population in Nga Tan commune were randomly sampled and questioned to determine knowledge, perception, and health behavioral factors associated with Clonorchis infection among heads of households. The cellophane thick smear method was applied to examine their stool samples. Seven hundred and seve...

The transmission, control and the relationship between Dicrocoelium dendriticum and its definitive (sheep and cattle) and intermediate (molluscs and ants) hosts under natural and experimental conditions are described. Eleven species of molluscs and four of ants were found infected with larval D. dendriticum in León province, north-west Spain. Infected ants were observed between April and Novemb...

Lancet liver flukes of the genus Dicrocoelium (Trematoda: Digenea) are recognised parasites domestic and wild herbivores. The aim present study was to confirm species identity Dicrocoeliid collected from Chitral valley in Himalayan ranges Pakistan. morphology 48 belonging eight host populations examined; but overlapping traits prevented accurate designation. Phylogenetic comparison published D....

The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of trematodes and cestodoses in slaughtered sheep from the region of Sarajevo. The study was carried out on a total of 699 indigenous sheep of pramenka breed, of various sex and age. After parasitological section, visual examination and palpation of the liver, the prevalence rate of Fasciola hepatica, Dicrocoelium dendriticum, hydatid cysts ...