Flatworms Flashcards
Phylum of flatworms
Platyhelminthes
Class of Flukes
Trematoda
Class of Tapeworms
Cestoda
Other name for fasciolosis
liver fluke disease
What kind of animals are affected by fasciolosis?
grazing animals
health importance of fasciolosis
Emerging food borne, neglected tropical human disease
(Nasturtium officinale)
causative agents of liver fluke disease
Fasciola hepatica (temperate areas)
Fasciola Gigantica (tropical areas)
hosts of F. hepatica
herbivorous mammals
humans
hosts of F. Gigantica
camel
cattle
buffalo
hosts of F. Hepatica with low resistance
sheep
goat
rabbit
hosts of F. Hepatica with delayed resistance
cattle, man
hosts of F. Hepatica with early resistance
pig
dog
cat
appearance & longevity of F. hepatica
leaf like
years
Site of fasciolosis
bile duct
Life cycle of Fasciola
indirect
INtermediate hosts of Fasciola hepatica
Galba Truncatula
phases of Life cycle of faciola hepatica
MI
SPO
RE1
RE2
CE
MCE
Infection of facial hepatica
PO with metacercaria
Epidemiology of Fasciolosis
endemic where condition are suitable for intermediate hosts
MC in late summer or autumn are found in which areas
in cool and temperate areas
MC from spring or early summer (summer fasciolosis) are found in which areas
milder climate
Acute Fasciolosis
- massive short term of MC intake
- sudden death at 2-5 weeks
Chronic fasciolosis
-moderate, prolonged intake of MC
- oedema under the jaw
- hepatic fibrosis
- hypoalbuminemia
diagnosis of fasciolosis
- history (grazing in endemic area)
- detection of eggs (acute fasciolosis no eggs, very similar to rumen fluke eggs)
- détection of antibodies
- detection of coproantigen from faeces
treatment of acute fasciolosis
- stop grazing
- ## Triclabendazole (there is resistance)
treatment of subacute & chronic fasciolosis
any flukicidal effective against flukes 6 weeks or older
Name of Fascioloidosis
large American liver fluke
causative agent of Large American liver fluke
Fascioloides magna
Hosts of Fascioloides magna
N.A.: wapiti, white tailed deer, caribou
EU: Roe-deer, red deer, fallow deer
definitive hosts of Fascioloides magna
deer
Paratenic hosts of Fascioloides magna
cattle
Aberran hosts of Fascioloides magna
sheep & goat
(causes fatal traumatic hepatitis)
Life cycle of Fascioloides magna
similar to F. hepatica with Galba truncatula
detection of eggs of Fascioloides magna
only in definitive hosts
Other name for paraphistomosis
Rumen Fluke disease