Fasciola

[fah-si´o-lah]

a genus of trematodes. F. hepa´tica is a common liver fluke of herbivores and is occasionally found in humans.

fasciola

[fah-si´o-lah] (pl. fasci´olae) (L.)

1. a small band or striplike structure.

2. a small bandage. adj., adj fasci´olar.

Fasciola

(fa-sī'ō-lă),

A genus of large, leaf-shaped, digenetic liver flukes (family Fasciolidae, class Trematoda) of mammals.

[L. dim. of fascia, a band]

fas·ci·o·la

, pl.

fas·ci·o·lae

(fa-sī'ō-lă, fa-sē'ō-lă; -ō-lē),

A small band or group of fibers.

[L. dim. of fascia, band, fillet]

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fas·ci·o·la

, pl. fasciolae (fa-shī'ō-lă, -lē)

A small band or group of fibers.

[L. dim. of fascia, band, fillet]

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Prevalence and molecular diagnosis of Fasciola hepatica in sheep and goats in different districts of Punjab, Pakistan.

RISK FACTORS ANALYSIS OF FASCIOLOSIS IN BUFFALOES IN AZAD JAMMU AND KASHMIR

The reason for higher intensity during autumn is due to the peak season of the emergence of the snail intermediate host in AJK in summer when the temperature, humidity and rain fall favors multiplication of Fasciola spp.

MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY OF SMALL RUMINANT FASCIOLOSIS IN SELECTED REGIONS OF AZAD JAMMU AND KASHMIR

Role of circulating Fasciola antigens and lgG4 isotype in assessment of cure from fascioliasis.

Myrrh: A Key New Weapon in the Constant Fight against Parasites and Other Stealth Pathogens

The laboratory studies reported in this work demonstrate the high potential of the photosensitization approach for the control of the larval stages of the Fasciola vector.

Photomediated Larvicidal Activity of Pheophorbide a against Cercaria Larvae of Fasciola gigantica

Water samples from seepages adjacent to Pond 6 and the diversion ditch also were acutely toxic to juveniles of Lampsilis fasciola and Lampsilis ovata, and exposures to serial dilutions of these two samples estimated LC50s for V.

Freshwater mussel (unionidae) abundance and diversity upstream and downstream of a superfund site on the North Fork Holston River, Saltville, Virginia

One hundred adult worms were randomly collected from bile duct and livers of goats, which had active infection, for identification of Fasciola gigantica were done according to Periago et al.

Comparative studies on efficacy of ethanolic extracts of Calligonum comosum plant and triclabendazole (TCBZ) "Fasinex on treatment of goats fascioliasis in Taif governorate

Se realizo un estudio observacional transversal, para determinar la prevalencia de Fasciola hepatica en el hato bovino nacional sacrificado en tres de los cuatro mataderos de clase A de Costa Rica.

Prevalencia de fasciolosis en bovinos de Costa Rica (2014). Comparacion de cuatro tecnicas diagnosticas

V Ontogenetic development of the brain of the platyhelminth Fasciola hepatica.

Identification in Immuno-Electron Microscopy of Solitary Multi-Polar Peripheral Neurons of Adult Opisthorchis viverrini by Antibody Against Rat Diacylglycerol Kinase[zeta]/ Identificacion por Microscopia Imuno-Electronica de las Neuronas Perifericas Multipolares Solitarias del Opisthorchis viverrini Adulto Mediante Anticuerpo contra la Diacilglicerol Kinasa de Ratas

The stimulus for capsule formation is unknown, but may be functionally similar to the proline stimulus in the related liver fluke, Fasciola hepatica (Wolf-Spengler and Isseroff 1983).

Giant liver fluke and moose: Just a fluke?

However, after sphincterotomy for removing the suspected stones and sludge, surprisingly living flukes was removed that belonged to the genus Fasciola.

Three living Fasciola hepatica in the biliary tract of a woman