In this article we will discuss about Liver fluke General Characteristics
Liver fluke General Characteristics
- Liver fluke is found commonly in freshwater
- Fasciola hepatica is an endoparasite of sheep
- The liver fluke has unsegmented body with two suckers
- Digestion is holozoic, respiration is anaerobic and excretion with flame cells
- Life history involve two hosts (Digenetic parasite)
- Primary host – Sheep & Goat
- Secondary host – Garden snail
- Adult fluke is found in bile duct and liver of sheep and causes liver rot
- Shows many larval stages namely miracidium > sporocyst > Redia > Cercaria > Metacercaria >
- Eaten by sheep and develops into adult fluke
- Infective stage for primary host – Metacercaria
- Infective stage for secondary host – Miracidium
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