[The occurrence of hepatic trematodes in sheep from Emilia-Romagna].

In the present investigations, 563 samples of ovine faeces from 32 flocks of Emilia-Romagna have been examined for the presence of hepatic trematodes eggs. All flocks proved positive for Dicrocoelium dendriticum and 16 for Fasciola hepatica; 511 (90,76%) out of 563 animals proved positive, with 507 (90,05%) for D. dendriticum and 50 (8,88%) for F. hepatica, 46 of these last ones were positive for both parasites.