Topic
Hepatica
About: Hepatica is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 834 publications have been published within this topic receiving 16275 citations. The topic is also known as: liverleaf & liverwort.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the nucleotide sequence of the 3' end of the second internal transcribed spacer region (ITS2) was determined for four isolates of Fasciola hepatica, two isolate of F. gigantica, one isolate of S. magna and one isolate F. sp. from Japan.
186 citations
TL;DR: The difficulties identifying authentic ES proteins ex host are highlighted, and the potential of the cathepsin L proteases as therapy candidates are confirmed.
162 citations
TL;DR: The present ELISA-format contributes a relatively sensitive and reliable tool for the early serodiagnosis of bovine and ovine fasciolosis and was superior to the concurrently evaluated peptide ELISA format both in controlled natural infections as well as in infections in endemic areas.
149 citations
TL;DR: There is a need for more work on the two parasites using live animals to determine the prevalence in animals of various ages, species and breeds and the economics of disease control at farm level.
Abstract: Fasciola gigantica and Stilesia hepatica constrain ruminant productivity. The prevalence and economic losses caused by F. gigantica and S. hepatica in the ruminant production systems of Taveta division of Kenya were estimated in a retrospective appraisal of the slaughter records on the total number of animals slaughtered and livers condemned over the period 1989 to 2004. Only liver condemnations based on infestation by F. gigantica and S. hepatica were considered for purposes of this study. Liver condemnation rates differed significantly between bovines, caprines and ovines (p < or = 0.05) for F. gigantica (26%, 6.6% and 5.2%, respectively) and for S. hepatica (0.4%, 22% and 28%, respectively). The total loss through condemnation of both F. gigantica and S. hepatica infested livers was 4,408,272 KES (Kenyan shillings) (US dollars 72,272). The proportion of loss in bovines, caprines and ovines, was 76%, 17% and 7%, respectively. Fasciolosis contributed 3505410 KES (79.5%) and S. hepatica infestation 903,210 KES (20.5%) to the total losses due to liver condemnations. The authors feel strongly that there is a need for more work on the two parasites using live animals to determine the prevalence in animals of various ages, species and breeds and the economics of disease control at farm level.
131 citations
TL;DR: Improved insights into the transcriptome of F. hepatica should pave the way for future, comparative analysis of the transcriptomes of other developmental stages of this and related parasites, such as F. gigantica, cancer-causing flatworms and blood flukes.
130 citations
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| 2025 | 25 |
| 2024 | 34 |
| 2023 | 51 |
| 2022 | 86 |
| 2021 | 20 |
| 2020 | 43 |