Journal of Veterinary Health Science(JVHS)

Department of Veterinary Medicine, Melka Rafu Veterinary Clinic,, Kombolcha Woreda, Eastern Harerghe, Ethiopia

Publications

• Review Article   
  Review on the Epidemiology and Public Health Importance of Giardiasis
  Author(s): Abdusalam Yaya Yusuf(DVM) and Mohammed Bedruddin Aliyi(DVM)*
  
  Giardia is a protozoan parasite of mammals including humans. It is one of the most common parasitic infections hav- ing a worldwide distribution. Giardia parasites have a wide host range, including mammals, birds and amphibians. Amongst the species of Giardia, G. duodenalis (syn, G. intestinalis/lamblia) has the broadest host range and is the species with the greatest public and animal health significances in terms of gastrointestinal disease. Humans have been reported to have G. duodenalis Assemblages A-II or B, and these assemblages are considered to be of broad host ranges, and thus potentially zoonotic due to infect both human and other domestic and wild animals. Aquatic mammals, is commonly infected with Giardia, there is little evidence to implicate such infections as the original con- taminating source in waterborne outbreaks. Giardia lamblia infections have a wide clinical spe.. Read More»
  

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