Fasciola Hepatica Flashcards
1
Q
class
A
trematoda
2
Q
common name
A
liver fluke
3
Q
final host
A
cattle, sheep, goats, and other ruminants and humans
4
Q
intermediate hosts
A
snails
5
Q
adult size
A
3cm
6
Q
adult characteristics
A
leaf like
oral and ventral suckers
dorsoventrally flattened
7
Q
eggs have an _____
A
operculum
8
Q
life cycle
A
eggs pass in feces become embryonated in water eggs release miracidia miracida invade snail host undergoes development in snail encyst as metacercariae on vegetation herbivores ingest vegetation develop to adults in the liver
9
Q
is life cycle direct or indirect?
A
indirect
10
Q
PPP
A
2-3 months
11
Q
site of infection
A
bile ducts of liver
12
Q
egg size
A
130 micrometers
13
Q
pathogenesis
A
fibrosis
pipestem liver
Chronic fasciolosis
14
Q
diagnosis
A
sedimentation
ELISA
elevated globulin/albumin
15
Q
treatment
A
flukicides
snail control
