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Infected animals may present with progressive loss of body  condtion, reduced appeptite, which along with hypoalbuminaemia can  result in an gaunt animal. Other common signs include pale mucous  membranes, and submandibular oedema, more commonly known as 'bottle  jaw.'  On biopsy the liver will have an irregular shape, distorted shape  with areas of fibrous tissue replacing the cells damaged by the  migrating flukes. The bile ducts appear dilated, and dark, and it is  often possible to express numerous numbers of adult flukes from within  the ducts. Pathology is similar in both sheep and cattle, expect in  cattle you may see calcification of the bile ducts, and enlargement of  the gall bladder. The calcified bile ducts are often seen protruding  from the liver surface, which is known as 'pipe stem liver.'

Infected animals may present with progressive loss of body  condtion, reduced appeptite, which along with hypoalbuminaemia can  result in an gaunt animal. Other common signs include pale mucous  membranes, and submandibular oedema, more commonly known as 'bottle  jaw.'  On biopsy the liver will have an irregular shape, distorted shape  with areas of fibrous tissue replacing the cells damaged by the  migrating flukes. The bile ducts appear dilated, and dark, and it is  often possible to express numerous numbers of adult flukes from within  the ducts. Pathology is similar in both sheep and cattle, expect in  cattle you may see calcification of the bile ducts, and enlargement of  the gall bladder. The calcified bile ducts are often seen protruding  from the liver surface, which is known as 'pipe stem liver.'

 

==== Pathogenesis of acute fasciolosis ====

==== Pathogenesis of acute fasciolosis ====