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Fasciola, Fascioloides , and  Dicrocoelium  cause liver fluke diseases in ruminants and are of zoonotic and economic importance. This cross-sectional study aimed to determine the prevalence of liver fluke egg infection in White Fulani Cattle slaughtered in Wukari Cattle market abattoir in Wukari, Taraba State. A total of 262 gallbladders were collected and their contents were analyzed for the presence of eggs of liver flukes using sedimentation technique. Descriptive analysis was done using SPSS version 20 for window and Pearson's Chi-Square ( χ  2 ) was used to evaluate the association between variables.  Fasciola  and  Dicrocoelium  eggs were encountered. Only 74 (28.2%) samples were positive for  Fasciola  egg and 211 (80.5%) for  Dicrocoelium . The prevalence of liver fluke infection revealed 25% and 28.6%  Fasciola  eggs for male and female animals, respectively, while lancet fluke had 83.3% for male and 80.3% for female.  Fasciola  eggs were recovered in 20.8% of animals aged less 3 years (<3yrs) and 29.9% was recorded in animals 3 years and above (≥ 3yrs) while 81.3% for animals ≥ 3yrs and 77.1% for animals <3yrs were recorded for  Dicrocoelium  eggs. The body condition score-based prevalence for  Fasciola  yielded 38.1%, 26.8%, and 14% for poor, average, and good, respectively, while  Dicrocoelium  yielded 85.7%, 79.3%, and 85.7%. There was a significant difference between the body condition scores for fasciolosis. Only 59% harboured single infection with eggs of  Dicrocoelium  (P< 0.05) while 6.9% harboured  Fasciola  eggs. Mixed infection associating  Fasciola  and  Dicrocoelium  was observed in 21.4% of the sample cattle. Liver fluke infections: fasciolosis and dicrocoeliosis occur among White Fulani cattle in Wukari and these infections are associated with the body condition score of the animals. This greatly affects the cattle production. There is a need to institute adequate control programmes complemented with good well-planned management practices in any production system involving cattle in Wukari.

Liver Flukes Egg Infection and Associated Risk Factors in White Fulani Cattle Slaughtered in Wukari, Southern Taraba State, Nigeria