Midterm III - Helminthology 1 [INCOMPLETE] Flashcards
Trematoda: Egg
Trematoda: Miracidium (released from egg)
Trematoda: Sporocyst
Trematoda: Sporocyst containing rediae
Trematoda: Cercaria
Trematoda: Cercaria
Trematoda: Full cercaria
schistosoma
Typical form of the blood flukes
[White spheres]
Trematoda: Metacercariae
Fasciola hepatica (Common liver fluke)
Haemorrhagic tracks in a sheep’s liver
Fasciola hepatica (Common liver fluke)
Haemorrhagic tracks in a sheep’s liver
Fasciola hepatica (Common liver fluke)
Identifying features:
- Dorsoventrally flattened/Leaf-like
- Grey-brown
- Conical head shape (with shoulders)
Fasciola hepatica (Common liver fluke)
Identifying features:
- Dorsoventrally flattened/Leaf-like
- Grey-brown
- Conical head shape (with shoulders)
[See the yellow eggs]
Fasciola hepatica (Common liver fluke)
Identifying features:
- Dorsoventrally flattened/Leaf-like
- Grey-brown
- Conical head shape (with shoulders)
[Notice the yellow eggs]
*MIDTERM*
*Fasciola hepatica (Common liver fluke)*
Identifying features:
- Digested blood in the intestine = Liver fluke
Fasciola hepatica (Common liver fluke)
Identifying features:
- Cross-section showing intestine with digested blood
Fasciola hepatica (Common liver fluke)
Identifying features:
- Enlarged gall bladder & bile duct
Fasciola hepatica (Common liver fluke)
Identifying features:
- Enlarged bile duct wall
Radix labiata
Occasional host of Fasciola
Galba truncatula
Most common host for Fasciola & Calicophoron spp.
Rumen fluke
Either Paramphistomum or Calicophoron spp.
Rumen fluke
Either Paramphistomum or Calicophoron spp.
- 1 large ventral sucker; 1 smaller oral sucker
Rumen fluke
Either Paramphistomum or Calicophoron spp.
Identifying features:
- 1 large ventral sucker
- 1 smaller oral sucker
- Genital opening in the centre
Rumen fluke [Ventral end] Cross section
Either Paramphistomum or Calicophoron spp.
Planorbid snail
Intermediate host for Paramhistomum spp.
Effect of young rumen flukes moving in the s. intestine mucosa
Developing rumen flukes on the abomasal wall
Rumen fluke [Among ruminal papillae]
Either Paramphistomum or Calicophoron spp.
Rumen fluke: Non-embryonated egg
Either Paramphistomum or Calicophoron spp.
Dicrocoelium dendriticum (Lancet fluke)
Dicrocoelium dendriticum (Lancet fluke)
Dicrocoelium dendriticum (Lancet fluke)
Dicrocoelium dendriticum (Lancet fluke)