Clinical signs

CLINICAL SIGNS

  • Colic is due to pressure of cranial mesenteric artery on nerve plexuses.
  • Rough coat, diminished appetite, diarrhoea, edematous swelling on the abdomen and leg, emaciation and anaemia.
  • Adult worm causes heavy blood loss due to blood sucking activity resulting in anaemia. (Normocytic, normochromic anaemia).
  • Large number of haemorrhagic ulcers are seen in the intestine which indicates the site of attachment of worm.
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