Month: August 2018
Oesophagostomiasis: nodule worm disease
Oesophagostomiasis is a parasitic disease of animals characterized by diarrhoea, anaemia, emaciation, cachexia, prostration and death. ....
Trichostrongylosis: stomach worm disease
Trichostrongylosis is a parasitic disease of animals characterized by melena, emaciation, progressive weakness, anaemia and death. Larvae are ingested through feed or water. ....
Anchylostomiasis: hook worm disease
Anchylostomiasis is a parasitic disease of animals characterized by dermatitis creeping eruptions, anaemia, diarrhoea and progressive emaciation. ....
Ascariosis: Ascarid worm disease
Cryptosporidiosis
Cryptosporidiosis is a protozoan parasitic disease of animals characterized by chronic diarrhoea in calves, villous atrophy and infiltration of lymphocytes in mucosa of intestine. ....
Fascioliosis: liver fluke disease
Fascioliosis is a trematode parasitic disease of animals caused by Fasciola species and characterized by hepatitis, cholecystitis and icterus. ....
Schistosomiosis: Swimmers’ itch
Schistosomiosis is a parasitic disease of animals caused by blood fluke characterized by formation of granulomatous pseudo tubercle, cercarial dermatitis and nasal granuloma. ....
Sarcosporidiosis
Sarcosporidiosis is a protozoan parasitic disease of animals caused by several species of sarcocystis and characterized by presence of cysts in skeletal and cardiac muscles without much inflammatory reaction. ....
Coccidiosis
Coccidiosis is protozoan parasitic disease of animals caused by Coccidia species and characterized by gastroenteritis, hepatitis and typhlitis. ....