Midterm 3 Parasitlogy Flashcards
Liver fluke
Fasciola hepatica
Fasciola gigantica
Liver fluke, intermediate host
Galba truncatula (Pulmonate freshwater snail)
Rumen fluke
Calicophoron daubneyi
Paramphistomum cervi
Paramphistomum ichikawai
Rumen fluke, intermediate host
Galba truncatula (Calicophoron daubneyi) Red blooded pulmonate freshwater snail (Parahistomum cervi et. ichikawai)
Lancet fluke
Dicrocoelium dendriticum
Lancet fluke, intermediate host
Landsnail
Ants (Formica genus)
Final host of the common liver fluke
Most: Sheep, goat, rabbit, mouse and rat
Medium: Cattle, pig and humans
Least: Horse, cat and dog
Life-cycle of F. hepatica
Egg –> Miracidium (penetrate the snail) –> Sporocyst –> Radia 1 –> Radia 2 –> Cercariae (when raining it leaves the snail) –> Metacercariae (infective stage!) (ingested by Ru) –> Juvenile fluke –> Adult fluke
Liver –> parenchyma –> biliary duct
Feed on blood
Prepatent period: 6-12 weeks
Final host of Calicophoron
Cattle
Final host of Paramphistomum cervi
Sheep, goat and wild ruminants
Final host of Paramphistomum ichikawai
Wild ruminants
Prepatent period of rumen flukes
3-4 months
Final host of the Lancet fluke
Sheep, goat, cattle, wild Ru, rabbit, hare (pig, horse, human)
Lancet fluke egg
Dark red-ish brown with miracidium, detection by flotation, it is the smallest
Life-cycle of the Lancet fluke
Egg (Miracidium) –> Eaten by a snail –> Sporocyst 1 –> sporocyst 2 –> Cercaria (snail will sneeze them out in a slime ball –> eaten by an ant) –> metacercaria –> Juvenile fluke –> Adult fluke
The juvenile fluke reach the liver through the ductus choledochus (no paranchymal migration, thus no damage)
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Blood fluke
Schistosoma mansoni
Schistosoma haematomium
Schistosoma japanicum
Schistosoma turbestanicum
Blood fluke location
In blood vessels (sexual dimorphism)