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Global Prevalence of Fasciolosis in Sheep and Goats: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Epidemiological Patterns, Diagnostic Methods, And Climate-Associated Variation
Abel Villa-Mancera1, José Manuel Robles-Robles1, Jaime Olivares-Pérez2, Agustín Olmedo-Juárez3, Alejandro Córdova-Izquierdo4, Roberto González-Garduño5, José Luis Ponce-Covarrubias6, Nallely Rivero-Perez7, Felipe Patricio1, Huitziméngari Campos-García1, Juan Ricardo Cruz-Aviña1 and Samuel Ortega-Vargas1

1Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Tecamachalco Puebla, México; 2Unidad Académica de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Universidad Autónoma de Guerrero, Ciudad Altamirano, Guerrero, México; 3Centro Nacional de Investigación Disciplinaria en Salud Animal e Inocuidad (CENID SAI-INIFAP), Jiutepec, Morelos, México; 4Departamento de Producción Agrícola y Animal, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Unidad Xochimilco, CDMX, México; 5 Unidad Regional Universitaria Sursureste, Universidad Autónoma Chapingo, Teapa, Tabasco, México; 6Escuela Superior de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia No. 3, Universidad Autónoma de Guerrero, Técpan de Galeana, Guerrero, México; 7Área Académica de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Instituto de Ciencias Agropecuarias, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo, Hidalgo, México.

*Corresponding author: abel.villa@gmail.com

Abstract   

Fasciolosis is an important parasitic disease of sheep and goats. This systematic review and meta-analysis summarized published prevalence estimates and explored geographic, diagnostic, and ecological variations. Five literature sources were searched for peer-reviewed reports published from 2002 to 2025, with findings synthesized separately for each host. Pooled prevalence was 15.3% in sheep and 10.4% in goats, but the prediction intervals were wide, and the evidence base was unevenly distributed across regions. Antibody detection, antigen detection, fecal egg examination, and post-mortem inspection measure different aspects of exposure or infection and therefore require separate interpretation. Substantial between-study variation and differences in sampling units limit the interpretation of the global summaries. The pooled values should be regarded as descriptive summaries of the available evidence rather than as uniform local risks. The findings support standardized diagnostic reporting and locally representative surveillance within region-specific One Health strategies.

To Cite This Article: Villa-Mancera A, Robles-Robles JM, Olivares-Pérez J, Olmedo-Juárez A, Córdova-Izquierdo A, González-Garduño R, Ponce-Covarrubias JL, Rivero-Perez N, Patricio F, Campos-García H, Cruz-Aviña JR and Ortega-Vargas S, 2026. Global prevalence of fasciolosis in sheep and goats: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of epidemiological patterns, diagnostic methods, and climate-associated variation. Pak Vet J, 2026, 46(10): 2352-2368. http://dx.doi.org/10.29261/pakvetj/2026.237

 
 
   
 

ISSN 0253-8318 (Print)
ISSN 2074-7764 (Online)



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