Mohammad H. GHAZANI MOVASSAGH, Mohammad R. VALILOU, Ali R. AHMADZADEH, Amir R. KARAMI, Khadijeh ZIRAK

The prevalence of sheep liver trematodes in the nothwest region of Iran

ISSN: 1300-0128
Yayın Aralığı: Yılda 6 Sayı
Yayıncı: TÜBİTAK

This study was carried out to determine the prevalence of liver fluke infection in sheep in the northwest region of Iran (municipal slaughterhouse of Tabriz). The study included the livers of 140 sheep that were collected by systematic random sampling. The prevalence rate of Fasciola hepatica and Dicrocoelium dendriticum was 8.57% and 20%, respectively.

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