Volume: 48 Issue: 1
Year: 2017, Page: 97-99,
Received: July 3, 2016 Accepted: July 6, 2016 Published: June 30, 2017
A 22 year old elephant with a history of anorexia, recurrent gastrointestinal disturbances and pasty consistency of the dung was diagnosed with blood fluke infection based on the presence of B. nairi ova in the faecal sample. The animal was successfully treated with a combination of fenbendazole and praziquantel.
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