Trematodes - Flukes Flashcards
Fasciolosis
Fasciola
Hepatic Fasciolosis
Fasciola gigantea
More elongated shape than hepatica
Hepatic Fasciolosis
Fasciola hepatica - Common liver fluke
Hepatic Fasciolosis
Fasciola hepatica - Common liver fluke
Hepatic Fasciolosis
Fascioloides magna - Large American liver fluke / Deer fluke
Caverns in the liver of Red deer
Hepatic Fasciolosis
Fasciola hepatica - Common liver fluke
Cross section in biliary duct
Hepatic Fasciolosis
Fasciola hepatica - Common liver fluke
Haemorrhagic tracks on the liver of a sheep
Acute Fasciolosis - Haemorrhages on the serosa
Fasciola hepatica - Common liver fluke
Chronic Hepatic Fasciolosis
Destroyed biliary duct mucosa layer and thickened walls
Cross section
Fasciola hepatica - Common liver fluke
Hepatic Fasciolosis
Fasciola hepatica - Common liver fluke
Cross section in the liver
Hepatic Fasciolosis
Haemorrhagic tracks of migrating flukes in the liver
Hepatic Fasciolosis
Fasciola hepatica - Common liver fluke
Chronic Hepatic Fasciolosis
Fasciola hepatica - Common liver fluke
Flukes inside the opened biliary duct
Hepatic Fasciolosis
Fasciola hepatica - Common liver fluke
Eggs (Preserved eggs)
Hepatic Fasciolosis
Fasciola spp.
Liver
Hepatic Fasciolosis
Fasciola spp.
Chronic clinical sign = submandibular oedema due to hypoalbunaemia
Hepatic Fasciolosis
Fasciola hepatica - Common liver fluke
Hepatic Fasciolosis
Fasciola hepatica VS Fasciola gigantea
Hepatic Fasciolosis
Fasciola hepatica - Common liver fluke
Hepatic Fasciolosis
Fasciola hepatica VS Fasciola gigantea
Hepatic Fasciolosis
Fasciola hepatica - Common liver fluke
Liver fluke cross section with digested blood
The fluke’s GI ducts look empty in section (white)
Galba truncatula - Freshwater snail
Intermediate host of: Fasciola spp. & Caliphoron spp.
Snails are always covered in & with mud
Hepatic Fascioloidosis
Fascioloides magna - Large American liver fluke / Deer fluke
Cross section of liver
Galba truncatula - Freshwater snail
Intermediate host of: Fasciola spp. & Caliphoron spp.
Infected snail
Hepatic Fasciolosis
Fasciola hepatica - Common liver fluke
Liver fluke on ectopic place: in the lung
Cross section
Hepatic Fascioloidosis
Fascioloides magna - Large American liver fluke / Deer fluke
Cross section of liver
Freshwater snails - Intermediate host of
Left: Radix labiata - Fasciola spp.
Middle: Galba truncatula - Fasciola spp. & Calicophoron spp.
Right: Succinella oblonga (None)
Paramphistomosis
Paramphistomum spp. / Calicophoron spp.
Rumen flukes in the rumen
Paramphistomosis
Paramphistomum spp. / Calicophoron spp.
Rumen flukes in the reticulum
Paramphistomosis
Paramphistomum spp. / Calicophoron spp. - Rumen flukes
Ventral sucker is always bigger than the oral sucker
Paramphistomosis
List the Genera, Species and Susceptible hosts
Paramphistomum
- P. ichikawai –> wild Ruminants
- P. cervi –> Sheep, Goat, wild Ruminants
- P. leydeni
Calicophoron
- C. daubneyi –> Cattle
- C. microbothrioides
Paramphistomosis
Paramphistomum spp. / Calicophoron spp. - Rumen flukes
Ventral sucker is always bigger than the oral sucker
Paramphistomosis
Calicophoron daubneyi - Rumen fluke
Arrow point at the head
Paramphistomosis
Calicophoron daubneyi - Rumen fluke
Arrow point at the head
Paramphistomosis
Calicophoron daubneyi - Rumen fluke
Ventral sucker is always bigger than the oral sucker
Paramphistomosis
Calicophoron daubneyi - Rumen fluke
Ventral sucker
Paramphistomosis
Paramphistomum egg - Rumen fluke egg
Unembryonated egg collected from fresh feces
Eccentric zygote is surrounded by coarse yolk granules
Planorbis spp. - Amphibious snail
Intermediate Host of: Paramphistomum spp. - Rumen fluke