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- Title
A Rare Abattoir Report on Heavy Infection of Pigs with Opisthorchis tenuicollis.
- Authors
Jawalagatti, V.; Dadas, S. A.; Mishra, S.; Gudewar, J. G.; Sawale, G. K.; Gatne, M. L.
- Abstract
This paper describes a rare observation of the parasitology and pathology of three cases of porcine opisthorchiosis encountered in an abattoir survey conducted at Mumbai. The load of parasites that were recovered was as high as 165 flukes from a mass of five grams of hepatic parenchyma. On the basis of morphometric analysis the flukes were identified as Opisthorchis tenuicollis. Predominant gross and histological lesions included extensive biliary cirrhosis as evident by fibrotic tracks on the surface as well as deeper in the substance of liver and dilatation of bile ducts with progressive cholangiohepatitis. Fibrotic liver or milk spotted liver encountered during necropsy of pigs should not be arbitrarily considered as a case of ascariosis as the gross lesions caused by Opisthorchis tenuicollis during massive infections may resemble the same picture.
- Subjects
SLAUGHTERING; OPISTHORCHIS; SWINE diseases; HELMINTHOLOGY; SWINE carcasses; LIVER flukes
- Publication
Israel Journal of Veterinary Medicine, 2016, Vol 71, Issue 4, p32
- ISSN
0334-9152
- Publication type
Article