Some alterations in the serum chemistry of cattle [bos indivus] naturally infected with fasciola gigantica

Serum calcium, inorganic phosphorus, magnesium, iron, haemoglobin, bilirubin and cholesterol levels were determined in 50 young and 50 adult cattle, half of each age group being naturally infected with fasciola gigantica. In the fluke-infected cattle. Significant increases occurred in serum magnesium, bilirubin and cholesterol, and significant decreases in serum inorganic phosphorus, haemoglobin and iron. No significant change occurred in the values of serum calcium