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<p>A 3-year-old female fallow deer was subjected to the necropsy and virological testing, due to a suspected infectious disease in the herd of farmed deer in the Southeastern region of Poland. The animal was found negative for the presence of BVDV, BoHV-1, BTV, and EHDV antibodies and BVDV antigen. The toxicological examination did not reveal any coccidiostats, mycotoxins, rodenticides, carbamate pesticides, and organophosphorus pesticides. The flukes found during postmortem examination were first characterised microscopically as <italic>Fascioloides magna</italic> and later their identity was confirmed by PCR and sequencing. The autopsy revealed lesions characteristic for <italic>F. magna</italic> infection, including different size cystic spaces in the liver, filled with brownish mucous fluid and flukes, and black pigment covering the surface of parietal and visceral peritoneum with the highest concentrations localised next to the liver. The changes observed in the liver tissue were typical of liver cirrhosis. The results demonstrated that in Poland, where the cervid farming is developing dynamically, the problem of fascioloidosis is present and may probably exert a significantly negative influence on the productivity of such farms if no antiparasitic treatment is performed.</p>
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A 3-year-old female fallow deer was subjected to the necropsy and virological testing, due to a suspected infectious disease in the herd of farmed deer in the Southeastern region of Poland. The animal was found negative for the presence of BVDV, BoHV-1, BTV, and EHDV antibodies and BVDV antigen. The toxicological examination did not reveal any coccidiostats, mycotoxins, rodenticides, carbamate pesticides, and organophosphorus pesticides. The flukes found during postmortem examination were first characterised microscopically as Fascioloides magna and later their identity was confirmed by PCR and sequencing. The autopsy revealed lesions characteristic for F. magna infection, including different size cystic spaces in the liver, filled with brownish mucous fluid and flukes, and black pigment covering the surface of parietal and visceral peritoneum with the highest concentrations localised next to the liver. The changes observed in the liver tissue were typical of liver cirrhosis. The results demonstrated that in Poland, where the cervid farming is developing dynamically, the problem of fascioloidosis is present and may probably exert a significantly negative influence on the productivity of such farms if no antiparasitic treatment is performed.

First report of the giant liver fluke (<italic>Fascioloides magna</italic>) infection in farmed fallow deer (<italic>Dama dama</italic>) in Poland – pathomorphological changes and molecular identification

Department of Parasitology and Invasive Diseases

Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology

Journal of Veterinary Research

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First report of the giant liver fluke () infection in farmed fallow deer () in Poland – pathomorphological changes and molecular identification

A 3-year-old female fallow deer was subjected to the necropsy and virological testing, due to a suspected infectious disease in the herd of farmed deer in the...

First report of the giant liver fluke (Fascioloides magna) infection in farmed fallow deer (Dama dama) in Poland – pathomorphological changes and molecular identification

Publié en ligne: 30 sept. 2015

Pages: 339 - 344

Reçu: 19 mai 2015

Accepté: 04 sept. 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/bvip-2015-0050

Mots clés
fallow deer, diagnosis, Poland

© 2015 National Veterinary Research Institute in Pulawy

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

First report of the giant liver fluke (Fascioloides magna) infection in farmed fallow deer (Dama dama) in Poland – pathomorphological changes and molecular identification

Publié en ligne: 30 sept. 2015

Pages: 339 - 344

Reçu: 19 mai 2015

Accepté: 04 sept. 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/bvip-2015-0050

Mots clésfallow deer, diagnosis, Poland

© 2015 National Veterinary Research Institute in Pulawy

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Mots clés
fallow deer, diagnosis, Poland