VPA 211: General Veterinary Parasitology and Helminthology (3+1)

CLINICAL SIGNS

• The disease is common in animals of all the age groups.
• Affected animals shows anorexia, looks weak, emaciated.
• The most important sign is the appearance of odema especially in the sub mandibular region is referred commonly as bottle jaw (jowl odema) caused due to loss of proteins/ hypoalbuminaemia or loss of absorption of proteins by the host.
• In some cases especially in acute fasciolosis there will be diarrhea followed by constipation.
• Fasciolosis affected calf with sub mandibular swelling