INVESTIGATION OF PATHOLOGICAL CONDITIONS OF LIVER OF GOAT IN DINAJPUR SADAR UPAZILA

Abstract

The study was conducted in Sadar upazila of Dinajpur district to investigate the pathological conditions of livers of goats. In a study of one year starting from march 2011 to February 2012 ,a total of 93 goat livers were collected from different slaughter houses. The gross lesions were recorded and examined in Department of Pathology and Parasitology, Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science and Technology University, Dinajpur. Portion of each liver was preserved in 10% formalin for histopathology .Among the samples 62 were affected with liver flukes and the infection rate was 66.67%. The ill heath goats of Sadar upazila of Dinajpur district was found infected with liver flukes, hepatic abscess, cirrhosis and liver hemorrhage. Among these diseases the rate of fascioliasis is high and the livers of female goats were more affected with liver diseases than the male.