Fasciola hepatica


The common liver fluke (Fasciola hepatica) is a species of trematoda, phylum platyhelminthes (fluke) of the Digenea subclass, characterized by its lanceolate shape, with two suckers, one ventral and one oral, and it has a biological cycle with two generations (digenea) in two hosts, an amphibian gastropod mollusk and a mammal. It is a parasite with two bile ducts and the gallbladder of herbivores and omnivores, including humans; this agent is responsible for one of the most widespread parasitosis, in cattle, fasciolosis, which is considered to be one of major parasitic diseases of domesticated ruminants in the world.

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Fasciola hepatica. Oral sucker

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