Paramistomidae species in small ruminants in Serbia

Abstract

Paramphistomatidae are the most important trematods of rumen and reticulum in ruminants. They elapse their maturity period in rumen and reticulum and have no changes in these organs and risk for host. But there are larval forms of these trematods in small intestine while generate pathologic changes there. During study about helminthes of small ruminant at Serbia were performed in period between 2009 and 2019. After histological determination, we concluded that occurred paramphistomided belonging to the species Paramphistomum cervi and Paramphistomum microbotrium P.cervi has been found in sheep and cattle in Serbia, but during our examination P.cervi and P.microbotrium was first time occurred at goats.