fascioliasis

fascioliasis /fas·cio·li·a·sis/ (fas?e-o-li´ah-sis) infection with Fasciola.

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fas·ci·o·li·a·sis (f-s-l-ss, -s-)

n.

Infection with a liver fluke of the genus Fasciola.

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fascioliasis

the disease caused by infestation with fasciola. Called also distomatosis, distomiasis.

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hepatic fascioliasis

acute or chronic hepatic insufficiency results. Acute fascioliasis in sheep is characterized by sudden death due to blood loss from the liver. Chronic fascioliasis in sheep and cattle causes anemia, weight loss, submandibular edema and mucosal pallor. The livers are badly damaged due to fibrosis and cholangitis and are a cause of loss at abattoirs. See also infectious necrotic hepatitis, bacillary hemoglobinuria.

fascioliasis-ostertagiasis complex

a disease of cattle in which the diarrhea of ostertagiasis is accompanied by the anemia of fascioliasis.