1. Fasciola Hepatica

2. Taxonomy: Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Platyhelminthes Class: Trematoda
Subclass: Digenea
Order: Echinostomida
Suborder: Echinostomata
Family: Fasciolidae
Genus: Fasciola
Species: F. hepatica

3. Definition:
Flatworms parasitic in liver and bile ducts of all domestic mammals and humans
Flatworms also called Fluke
Leaf shaped like:
Length of 30 mm and width of 13mm.
Diseases caused by the fluke is called fascioliasis

4. Hosts: Definitive host: All domestic and wild ruminants
Intermediate host: Snail

5. Location where found: Europe Northern Africa Cuba South America
and other countries
(Freshwater and grass)

6. Fasclouisis Hepatic Cycle:

7. Internal Organization:

8. F. hepatica under the microspore:

9. Healthy and infected liver:

10. Diagnosis:
Stool sample
Duodenal Aspirate
Biliary Aspirate

11. Treatments: Chemotherapy Carbon tetrachloride Hexachlorethane
Other drugs

12. Preventions: Three ways to prevent the disease: Snail control
Treatment of infected cattle
Immediate reaction of management through predicting out breaks of disease