Immature paramphistomosis in a sheep herd

  • Authors

    • S. Sivajothi Assistant Professor
    • B Sudhakara Reddy
    2014-10-17
    https://doi.org/10.14419/ijbr.v2i2.3398

  • Abstract

    Paramphistomosis is one of the important endo parasitic diseases of small ruminants and causes considerable economical loss to the farmers. The present communication reports about the outbreak of immature paramphistomosis in a sheep herd in Y.S.R.District of Andhra Pradesh. The disease is characterized by sub maxillary edema and severe persistent fluid foetid diarrhoea. Gross examination of the fluid faeces revealed presence of the whitish pink colour round bodies and later they identified as immature paramphistomes. Affected sheep were treated with niclosamide @ 100 mg/kg body weight orally once along with supportive therapy.

    Keywords: Immature Oxyclozanide, Paramphistomosis, Sheep, Y.S.R.District.

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    Sivajothi, S., & Sudhakara Reddy, B. (2014). Immature paramphistomosis in a sheep herd. International Journal of Biological Research, 2(2), 140-142. https://doi.org/10.14419/ijbr.v2i2.3398

    Received date: 2014-08-18

    Accepted date: 2014-09-14

    Published date: 2014-10-17