MT - Flatworms - Pictures Flashcards
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Fasciola Hepatica = Common Liver fluke
Fasciola Hepatica
ventral side
Eggs
Liver fluke (Fasciola Hepatica)
Eggs
Liver fluke (Fasciola Hepatica)
Miracidium (inside egg)
Fasciola Hepatica
Miracidium of fasciola hepatica (able to swim in the water, because its cilliated)
(Slide)
Intermediate host of Fasciola Hepatica
(one intermediate host)
GALBA TRUNCULATA
+ Other pulmonate fresh water snails
Sporocyst (not like a real cyst) with redia inside.
Fasciola Hepatica
Sporocyst
Fasciola Hepatica
(with redia inside)
Redia
Fasciola Hepatica
Redia
Fasciola Hepatica
Cercaria
Fasciola Hepatica
Metacercaria
F.Hepatica
Metacercaria
F.Hepatica
Metacercaria
F.Hepatica
Adult flukes (f.Hepatica)
Dorsal side with intestinal branches
Liver fluke in the billiary ducts (and liver tissuue)
F.Hepatica
MIDTERM!!
Necroscopic findings of F.Hepatica
Adult flukes in the bile duct
Young flukes are whiteish –> Adult darker grey ish
Necroscopic finding F.Hepatica
- Enlarged liver
- Blood filled tunnels in the parenchymal cross section of the liver.
- Oedema can be seen
Enlarged liver of the cattle
F.Hepatica
Fluid filled tunnels
Flukes can cause liver obstruction in the tunnels.
Dilated bile ducts and thickend wall.
F. Hepatica
After treatment. the affected area can be fibrotic (necrotic).(but regeneration in liver is possible - Causing some signs in the liver enzyme levels)
Acute form of F.Hepatica in the liver
Oedema
F.Hepatica
Flukes filled up the billiary bile duct.
With bloody tunnels
Liver fluke in billiary bile duct