LIVER FLUKE Flashcards
Sheep liver fluke
Fascila
hepatica
Oriental liver fluke/ Chinese liver fluke
Clonorchis sinensis
Cat liver fluke/ Southeast asian
fluke
Opisthorchis felineus & viverrini
Lancet liver fluke
Dicrocoelium dendriticum
Leaf-shaped with branched ceca with
shoulder
Fascila hepatica
Bottle-neck appearance
Clonorchis
sinensis
Resembles C. sinensis but
narrow and
smaller
Opisthorchis felineus &
viverrini
Lancet-shaped, testes obliquely
anterior to ovary
Dicrocoelium dendriticum
Fascila hepatica. 1st intermediate host
Snail
Lymnaea
Fascila hepatica. 2nd intermediate host
Aquatic plants
Ipomoea obscura (kangkong)
Nasturtium officinale (watercress)
Clonorchis sinensis. 1st intermediate host
Snail
Parafossarulus
Alocinma
Bulinus
Semisculcospira
Clonorchis sinensis. 2nd intermediate host
Fish Cyprinidae
Opisthorchis felineus & viverrini. 1st intermediate host
Snail
Bethynia
Opisthorchis felineus & viverrini. 2nd intermediate host
Fish
Cyprinidae
Dicrocoelium dendriticum. 1st intermediate host
Snail
Zebrina
Helicella