Pathology in practice - Fascioliasis in a Dahl sheep

Document Type

Article

Journal/Book Title/Conference

Journal of the American Veterinary Medicine Association

Volume

246

Issue

12

Publication Date

1-1-2015

First Page

1301

Last Page

1303

Abstract

In early fall 2012, a 48-kg (106-lb) sexually intact male Dahl ram in fair body condition was found dead; the owner observed no clinical signs prior to death. The ram was part of a flock of 50 game animals used for high-fence hunting that was moved among pastures in Idaho, Utah, and Montana. The ram was housed primarily on flood-irrigated pasture in common with approximately 170 captive Rocky Mountain elk (Cervus canadensis). The owner reported that 12 other sheep had died over the past year without observed clinical signs, but none were submitted for postmortem examination. Both sheep and elk were orally dewormed each February with 11.3% albendazole at a dose of 10 mg/kg (4.5 mg/lb; labeled cattle dose).

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