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#Reduced weight-gain and/or wool growth and/or milk production
 
#Reduced weight-gain and/or wool growth and/or milk production
 
#Loss of body tissue (i.e. weight-loss); hypoalbuminaemia → reduced plasma oncotic pressure → oedema
 
#Loss of body tissue (i.e. weight-loss); hypoalbuminaemia → reduced plasma oncotic pressure → oedema
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=== Disease manifestations ===
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*Large numbers of metacercariae ingested over a short period of time leads to acute disease
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*Smaller numbers ingested over a longer period of time leads to chronic disease
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*'''Feed intake'''
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**Fluke infections cause reduced food intake
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NOTE: chronic fasciolosis occurs at a time of year when animals are on a low plane of nutrition. This combined with the reduced food
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intake causes a significant effect on the development and severity of clinical and subclinical fasciolosis.
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*'''Species susceptibility'''
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**The proportion of flukes that reach the bile ducts is determined mainly by
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***The fibroplastic potential of the liver
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***The effectiveness of the protective immune responses (which are ineffective in sheep)
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**Therefore, establishment rate is
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'''sheep>cattle>pig'''
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=== Geographical distribution of disease ===
 
=== Geographical distribution of disease ===
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