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.
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