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fascioliasis /fas·cio·li·a·sis/ (fas?e-o-li´ah-sis) infection with Fasciola.
fascioliasis the disease caused by infestation with fasciola. Called also distomatosis, distomiasis. 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. |
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[dagger]) Sensitivity: serum samples from patients infected with schistosomiasis (35), tropical filariasis (20), fascioliasis (12), and trichinellosis (3) were used. Human fascioliasis is a major public health problem in the Andean countries, western Europe, the Islamic Republic of Iran, Egypt, and Cuba (16), with an estimated 91 million people at risk. Use of LANDSAT MSS imagery and soil type in a geographic information system to assess site-specific risk of fascioliasis on Rod River basin farms in Louisiana. |
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