author(s)
Azoro Agaezi Vivian

abstract
Between December and May 2020 regular examinations of ruminants slaughtered in 3 abattoirs randomly selected from Umunneochi Local Government Area of Abia State revealed the prevalence of acute paramphistomiasis. Of the 175 cattle (Bovis sp.); 234 goats (Capra sp.) and 98 sheep (Ovis sp.) examined, 37 (21.14%) of the cattle; 58 (24.79%) of the goats and 13 (13.27%) of the sheep had serious infections with Paramphiostomum cervi. The prevalence rates however, vary between 3.64% to 35.48% in (cattle); 7.14% to 36.44% (goats); and 0% to 18.75% (sheep) in the various abattoirs. The sex showed no significance relationship with the infections, age was found to be highly significant (p<0.01). Older animals have more infections than the younger ones. Highest infection rate was recorded in the rainy and early dry seasons. Bolinus b forsake was also found to be the snail hosts of the larvae of P. cervi in the study area.