FASIOLIDAE Flashcards
Large, “leaf like flukes”
Fasciolidae
Characteristics of fasciolidae:
- large, leaf like flukes
-herbivores
-Spiny cuticle and sucker (distome)
Parasitic sites fasciolidae:
Liver
Bile ducts
Small Intestines
Also known as “LIVER FLUKES”
Fasciola
Most important flukes of ruminants
Genus of class Trematoda
Fasciola or “liver flukes”
Cause condition known as
“Fasciolosis”, “liver rot”, “liver fluke dss”
Fasciola hepatica I.H ?
Lymnaea truncatula (temperate)
Predilection sites of F. Hepatica
adults in the - (Biles ducts )
Immature flukes- ( ‘liver’)
Abberant flukes - (Lungs”
Fasciola life cycle:
Host
Egg
Miracidium
Sporocyts
Redia
Cercaria
Meta cercaria
Discussion: F. hepatica
- laid egg enterr the duodenum
-egg development under optimu environment
-miracidium cast and become sporocyst
-each sporocyts dvelops and give rise to rediaa
-migrates to the predilection site gall bladder.
less common
Associated by Black disease
Caused by
Clostridium novyi
Most common chronic diseases of fasciola
“Pipe-stem liver”
“Hazel-nut-sized cysts” in lungs
Chronic diseases
“Bottle jaw”
Diagnosis
Fecal exam
Skin test
ELISA
Drug of choice
chemical treatment using molluscicids of medical plant extract —
Triclabendazole
- tobacco extract
Also knows as “large American liver flukes”
Fascioloides
Characteristics of fascioloides
Large
Oval, thick flesh-colored fluke
No distinct anterior cone
Final host: “white tailed deer” are normal definitive host although other ruminants may be affected
Fascioloides magna
I.H fascioloides magna
Lymnaea sp. , fossaria sp. , Siagnocola sp.
Site of F. Magna
Liver tissue and bile ducts
A striking characteristic of F.magna infection is accumulation of
“Black iron porphyrin”