1. Fasciola hepatica sheep liver fluke

2. Fasciola hepatica Common name: The sheep liver fluke
Habitat: Bile duct of liver.
Route of infection: Man eat aquatic plants with encysted metacercariae.
Definitive host: Usual host sheep, infects liver of various mammals, including humans.
Intermediate host: Fresh water snails.
Infective stage: Encysted metacercariae on vegetations.
Diagnostic stage: Eggs in stool specimen.
Disease: Fascioliasis.

3. Fasciola hepatica adult
Morphological characteristics
2-3 cm.
Has conical projection
Oral and ventral sucker.
Pharynx.
Branched caecum.
Coiled uterus
Genital formula : O ( ovary)
T ( Testis)

4. Fasciola hepatica Eggs
Unembyonated.
Thin egg shell.
operculated.
X um.
Diagnostic stage

5. egg capsule with emerging miracidium of Fasciola hepatica

6. Life cycle
The parasite browses on liver tissue for a period of up to 5-6 weeks and eventually finds its way to the bile duct where it matures into an adult and begins to produce eggs.
Up to 25,000 eggs per day per fluke can be produced, and in a light infection, up to 500,000 eggs per day can be deposited onto pasture by a single sheep.

8. Pathology and clinical symptoms.
Most of the damage results from worms are migrating through the liver parenchyma feeding on liver cells and blood
Worms in the bile ducts cause inflammation and edem
The triad of fever, hepatomegaly, and eosinophilia.
Symptoms and signs are associated with biliary obstruction
Acute epigastric pain, and jaundice are common.

9. diagnosis
Laboratory diagnosis: finding large operculated eggs in the feces.

10. Intestinal fluke
Fasciolopsis buski

11. Fasciolopsis buski Common name: The large intestinal fluke
Habitat: Lumen of small intestine.
Route of infection: Man eat uncooked plants with encysted metacercariae.
Definitive host: Mainly human, other hosts; pigs and dogs.
Intermediate host: Fresh water snails.
Infective stage: Encysted metacercariae on vegetations.
Diagnostic stage: Eggs in stool specimen.
Disease: Fasciolopiasis.

12. Fasciolopsis buski adult
Morphological characteristics
2-7x cm.
Oral and ventral sucker.
Esophagus .
Unbranched caecum.
Coiled uterus.
Branched ovary.
Branched Testes.
Genital formula : O ( ovary)
T ( Testis)

13. This photo is to compare the sizes of Fasciolopsis buski (left) and Fasciola hepatica (right)

14. Fasciolopsis buski Eggs
Unembyonated.
Thin egg shell.
Inconspicuous. operculum.
X um

16. Clinical features Laboratory diagnosis:
Most infections are light and asymptomatic. In heavier infections, symptoms include diarrhea, abdominal pain, fever, ascites, and intestinal obstruction.
Laboratory diagnosis:
operculated eggs and some times the adults are found in the feces.

17. Lung Fluke
Paragonimus westermani

18. Paragonimus westermani
Common name: The Lung Fluke.
Habitat: Encapsulated in Lungs.
Definitive host: Human, also other mammals.
First intermediate host: Water snail.
Second intermediate host: Crustaceans,Crabs.
Infective stage: Encysted metacercariae.
Diagnostic stage: Eggs in sputum or feces.
Disease: Paragonimiasis.

19. morphology 7 – 12 x 4 – 6 mm. Oral & Ventral Suckers
Unbranched caecum.
Pharynx.
Coiled Uterus ( black color)
Genital formula: O
T T

20. Paragonimus westermani

21. Paragonimus westermani Eggs
x um
Large, thick, dark shell.
Prominent operculum at the broad end.
Thick posterior end.
Unembryonated.

22. Life Stages Egg  Miracidio RediaI Redia II
Cercarias Metacercarias

23. Paragonimus westwermani

24. Pathology:
Adults in lungs stimulate inflammatory response resulting in granulomas. Movement of worms to heart or brain causes death.
Symptoms:
Chronic cough , difficulties breathing , sputum with blood.
When moves to brain, can cause blindness, paralysis , disequilibrium , epilepsy.

25. DIAGNOSIS
based on detection of characteristic eggs in sputum, or stool,
serology helpful; standard test is complement fixation (CF) – has advantage to detect rapid decline in antibody levels