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Objective: To evaluate pregnant women's attitudes on oral health and the obstacles to promoting it. Methodology: This descriptive, cross-sectional study was carried out from 10th of September, 2022 to 20th of October, 2022. It included 155 pregnant ladies chosen using simple random sampling, and data were collected from 6 antenatal care centers in Mosul city. We used a structured interviewing questionnaire. Results: Average age of women was 28 years and 54.8% agreed that maintaining good oral health during pregnancy affects the health of the fetus. More than 54% said their greatest obstacle to promoting good oral health during pregnancy was their fear that dental treatments will harm the fetus. Conclusion: Most of the study participants had a good attitude toward improving pregnant women's oral health. However, they were afraid that dental treatments will harm their fetuses.

Fasciolosis is disease caused by a liver worm called Fasciola is one of the dangerous parasites that affects the livestock specially sheep are wide spread in many countries of the world including some Arab countries. This worm attacks animals such as cows, buffaloes, camels, horses, donkeys, sheep, goats and rabbits that feed on grass and plants. The worms inhabit the bile ducts in the liver of humans and animals and they multiply and spread in all tissues causing many damages and risks to public health and great losses in animal production Therefore we will present the detailed aspects of this disease its classification and description of species symptoms methods of infection life cycle, epidemiology pathological diagnosis of prevention