Conical flukes inhabit the rumen of sheep, goats and cattle and have a similar life cycle to that of liver fluke. The adult parasites do not cause any pathology to the host, but the immature stages destroy the mucous membranes of the small intestines, causing severe...
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Liver fluke (Fasciola spp.)
Parasites of the genus Fasciola mainly infects ruminants and cause a disease called fasciolosis. The common name for Fasciola parasites is “liver fluke”. Classification of Fasciola species The hosts of liver flukes include cattle, sheep, goats, dogs, pigs, and horses....
Flukes (Trematodes)
All flukes are parasitic and they are endoparasites of molluscs and vertebrates. Flukes also have complex life cycles and require freshwater snails as intermediate hosts. For this reason, fluke infestation mainly occurs in animals with access to wet or marshy...
Tapeworms of Omnivores:
These tapeworms are found in the intestines of humans and poultry, and they can grow enormously long. Humans become infected when they have eaten poorly-cooked beef or pork that contains tapeworm cysts, the so-called "measles". Measles is seen in the muscle tissue of...
Tapeworms of Carnivores:
The adult tapeworms of this group occur in wild or domestic dogs. Dogs become infected when they ingest the cyst form. The cysts are in the tissue (flesh) of infected herbivorous hosts. The cyst can be seen as a large, water-filled vesicle. The grazers pick up the...