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Symptoms and Control Methods of Fasciolopsiasis

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Fasciolopsiasis is a parasitic worm that lives in the small intestine of pigs. The worm body is dark red and shaped like a ginger slice. The intermediate host is the planorbis snail. The disease occurs more frequently and causes serious harm in southern areas where aquatic feed is fed. (1) Symptoms: mainly manifested as loss of appetite in pigs, slow growth and development, rough and dull hair coat, and gradual emaciation. In severe cases, it can cause enteritis, edema, failure of sows to come into heat or abortion, and even death. (2) Treatment: ① Refined trichlorfon: 0.1-0

Fasciolopsiasis is a parasitic worm that lives in the small intestine of pigs. The worm body is dark red and shaped like a ginger slice. The intermediate host is the planorbis snail. The disease occurs more frequently and causes serious harm in southern areas where aquatic feed is fed.

(1) Symptoms: mainly manifested as loss of appetite in pigs, slow growth and development, rough and dull hair coat, and gradual emaciation. In severe cases, it can cause enteritis, edema, failure of sows to come into heat or abortion, and even death.

(2) Treatment: ① Refined trichlorfon: 0.1-0.15 g per kg body weight, mixed into feed and administered orally; ② Bithionol: 40 mg per kg body weight, mixed with feed and given once; ③ Areca nut 15-30 g, decocted in water, taken orally on an empty stomach in the morning, for 2-3 consecutive doses.

(3) Prevention: Pile up pig manure for fermentation; feed aquatic feed after fermentation or cooking; carry out regular deworming in endemic areas.

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