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29. Schistosomosis

Causative agent 
- Schistosoma spindale


Differential diagnosis 
- Fasciolosis
- Coccidiosis


1. History taking 
- High incidence in lowland or land with water
  reservoirs
- The presence of fresh water snail (Indoplanorbis
  exustus
)


2. Clinical examination 
- Watery diarrhea, hemorrhagic enteritis
- Abdominal pain
- Anemia, emaciation


3. Fecal examination 
- Sedimentation method
- Rectal scraping


4. Necropsy 
- Poor carcass
- Pale mucous membranes
- Hydropericardium, hydrothorax
- Yellowish or white spot and fibrotic streaks on
  surface of liver
- Detection of adult worms in the hepatic portal, and
  mesenteric veins
- Petechial hemorrhagic lesions in intestinal mucosa


5. Histopathological observation 
- Granuloma in interlobular liver tissue, mucosa,
  submucosa and stratum intermuscularis of
  intestine, and mesenteric lymph nodes
- Cross section showing parasites in the veins of
  lung, liver, mesentery, intestinal wall


Control 
- Snail control
- Fence surrounding water reservoir
- Clean drinking water



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