title: Diagnosis of Stilesia hepatica infection in sheep.
abstract: A technique for examining faecal samples for Stilesia hepatica proglottids was assessed for diagnosis of this infection in live sheep. It detected infection in 67% of all the sheep that were confirmed infected by examining the livers during meat inspection and in 63% of sheep from a farm with a history of up to 100% infection rate at slaughter. It is 100% specific since it relied on the morphological identification of S. hepatica proglottids, which are characteristic. In addition it detected Avitellina centripunctata proglottids.
authors.affiliation: National Veterinary Research Centre, Muguga, Kenya Agricultural Research Institute, Kikuyu.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Nginyi
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Onyango-Abuje
authors.forename: L J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Harrison
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002589:Cestoda / Q000254:growth & development / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002590:Cestode Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*; D005243:Feces / Q000469:parasitology*; D008099:Liver / Q000469:parasitology; D012756:Sheep; D012757:Sheep Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000469:parasitology