Author/Authors :
Shahzad, Waseem Livestock Production Research Institute Bahadurnagar, Pakistan , Mehmood, Khalid University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Pakistan , Munir, Rashid Veterinary Research Institute, Pakistan , Aslam, Waqar Livestock Production Research Institute Bahadurnagar, Pakistan , Ijaz, Muhammad University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Pakistan , Ahmad, Rashid Livestock Production Research Institute Bahadurnagar, Pakistan , Khan, Mohammad Sarwar University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Pakistan , Sabir, Ahmad Jawad University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Pakistan
Abstract :
A study was conducted to determine the prevalence and molecular diagnosis of fasciolosis in Lohi sheep and Beetal goats in Okara, Sahiwal and Lahore districts of Punjab province. A total of 800 samples including 200 fecal and 200 bile, each from Lohi sheep and Beetal goats were collected and processed for microscopic examination of Fasciola eggs as well as its confirmation through polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Of the fecal samples, 3.5 and 2% samples whereas from bile samples, 6.5 and 4% bile samples from sheep and goats were found microscopically positive for Fasciola hepatica, respectively. By PCR, 4.5 and 3.5% fecal samples and 8.5 and 5% bile samples from sheep and goats, respectively were confirmed for F. hepatica. Statistically sheep and goats species were found equally likely acquiring the F. hepatica diagnosed by either source of material (fecal and bile samples) similarly fecal and bile samples were equally likely showing fasciolosis in either of sheep and goats.
Keywords :
Bile , Fecal , Fasciolosis , Microscopy , PCR
