Prevalence and Morphometric Approach for Identification of Some Paramphistome Species in Sheep Slaughtered in Maiduguri Abattoir, Borno State
INTRODUCTION Paramphistomum cervi (Trematoda: Digenea: Paramphistomatidae), the representative species of the genus Paramphistomum, has adult flukes that inhabit the rumen and immature worms that parasitize the gallbladder and reticulum of ruminants, including cattle, sheep, goat, and some wild mammals (Xu Zhang, et al., 2014). Adult flukes parasitize the fore stomachs, causing mild disease that occasionally […]
