Veterinary Science & Technology

Department of Veterinary Medicine and Agriculture, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Publications

• Research Article   
  A Clinico-Pathological Study, Lesion Characterization and Financial Loss Due to Fasciolosis and Hepatic Necrobacillosis in Cattle Slaughtered at Municipal Abattoirs of Central Ethiopia
  Author(s): Jirata Shiferaw Abosse*, Wondimu Hika Uma, Abdi Feyisa Fufa, Yacob Hailu Tolosa and Debella Tewaya Duguma
  
  Fasciolosis also called liver flukes is a highly pathogenic parasitic disease of humans and the livestock caused by flatworms of the genus Fasciola. Its pathology and pathogenicity is more of in liver organ and results in tissue destruction, inflammation, local or systemic toxic/allergic reactions, internal bleeding and it leads to secondary bacterial complications. A cross-sectional study was conducted from October 2019 to June 2020 to assess a clinico-pathological study, lesion characterization, and financial loss due to fasciolosis and hepatic necrobacillosis in cattle slaughtered at three municipal abattoirs of central Ethiopia. Sixty cattle were selected using systematic random sampling for this study, from which blood and liver tissue of the same animals were collected before and after slaughter. Tissue sampling for bacterial culture and histopathology were collected fr.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.37421/2157-7579.2023.14.177

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