ORGANISM 7--Dicrocoelium dendriticum
GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS
COMMON NAME: Lancet fluke.
GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION: Cosmopolitan.
PATHOGENESIS: Inflammation of biliary epithelium, biliary dysfunction, edema,
toxemia.
HABITAT: Liver
INTERMEDIATE HOST
FIRST: Land snail.
SECOND: Black ant (Formica fusca).
RESERVOIR HOST: Herbivores.
INFECTIVE FORM: Metacercaria.
MODE OF INFECTION: Ingestion.
SPECIMEN OF CHOICE: Feces.
Figure 3-22. Life cycle of Dicrocoelium dendriticum.
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