1990 Volume 43 Issue 12 Pages 869-873
In December 1989, fascioliasis was diagnosed in thirty-three 18-month-old fattening cattle from the same cowshed in Fukuoka prefecture. They showed anorexia and emaciation. Fecal examination revealed many fasciola eggs. The highest egg content (EPG) was about 1, 300. At autopsy, hyperplasia of the liver and bile duct wall was observed, and many young migrating flukes and adult flukes were recognized in the liver. Histopathologically, fibroplasia, necrosis, abscess, hemorrhage and infiltration of eosinophils were detected in the liver.
