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.






















































