IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/adp/jctbeb/v8y2017i4p88-93.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Histopathological Effect of Fasciolasis Infection in Goats Slaughtered in Three Abattoirs in Port Harcourt Metropolis, Rivers State, Nigeria

Author

Listed:
  • GN Wokem

    (Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, Rivers State University of Science and Technology, Nigeria)

  • AE Abah
  • II Sounyo

    (Department of Animal and Environmental Biology, University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria)

Abstract

There is only scanty information about the histopathological effects of fasciolasis in goats in Nigeria and especially in the southern region. This study was aimed at establishing the status of fasciolasis infection and the histopathological effects in goats slaughtered in Port Harcourt metropolis. Liver samples were collected from randomly selected goats from three different Abattoirs namely; Trans-Amadi, Mile 3 and Rumuokwurusi and processed following standard method after ethical clearance. Out of 323 Livers Examined, 8 (2.48%) were found to be positive for fasciolasis. eight livers were found to be infected with Fasciolagigantica from random sampling during meat inspection. Trans-Amadi had 5 (slaughters average of 1500/daily), while 3 was from Mile 3 (slaughters average of 150/daily). Also one liver was found to be infected with tuberculosis from Trans-Amadi abattoir. Average liver weight was between 0.5-1.8 kg. Adult Fasciolagigantica were also recovered from the bile duct of the infected liver.

Suggested Citation

  • GN Wokem & AE Abah & II Sounyo, 2017. "Histopathological Effect of Fasciolasis Infection in Goats Slaughtered in Three Abattoirs in Port Harcourt Metropolis, Rivers State, Nigeria," Current Trends in Biomedical Engineering & Biosciences, Juniper Publishers Inc., vol. 8(4), pages 88-93, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:adp:jctbeb:v:8:y:2017:i:4:p:88-93
    DOI: 10.19080/CTBEB.2017.08.555742
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://juniperpublishers.com/ctbeb/pdf/CTBEB.MS.ID.555742.pdf
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://juniperpublishers.com/ctbeb/CTBEB.MS.ID.555742.php
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.19080/CTBEB.2017.08.555742?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    Citations

    Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
    as


    Cited by:

    1. Wokem Gloria N & Don Angel J, 2017. "Epizootiology of Fascioliasis and its Public Health Implications in Some Communities Near University Of Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria," Current Trends in Biomedical Engineering & Biosciences, Juniper Publishers Inc., vol. 9(4), pages 81-86, October.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:adp:jctbeb:v:8:y:2017:i:4:p:88-93. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Robert Thomas (email available below). General contact details of provider: .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.