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Fasciolidae
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Fasciolidae is a family of trematodes and includes several parasites involved in the veterinary and medical sciences, which cause the disease Fasciolosis. Fasciolidae is divided into five genera by Olson et al. 2003. The family's various species are localised in liver, gall bladder, and intestine. Their life-cycle includes an intermediate host, freshwater snails from the family Lymnaeidae.
Species
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumPlatyhelminthes
- ClassTrematoda
- OrderPlagiorchiida
- FamilyFasciolidae
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Research
5,045 papers- Fascioliasis.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2024
- Fasciola hepatica.Trends in parasitology · 2024
- Geography and ecology of invasive Pseudosuccinea columella (Gastropoda: Lymnaeidae) and implications in the transmission of Fasciola species (Digenea: Fasciolidae) - a review.Journal of helminthology · 2022
- Fasciola nyanzae.Trends in parasitology · 2024
- The Prevalence of Fasciola (Digenea: Fasciolidae) Species in Livestock and Humans in Iran, A Systematic Review.Archives of Razi Institute · 2025
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Encyclopedic overview
3 sectionsContents
- Morphology
- Systematics within family
- References
Fasciolidae is a family of trematodes and includes several parasites involved in the veterinary and medical sciences, which cause the disease Fasciolosis. Fasciolidae is divided into five genera by Olson et al. 2003. The family's various species are localised in liver, gall bladder, and intestine. Their life-cycle includes an intermediate host, freshwater snails from the family Lymnaeidae.
==Morphology== Adult trematodes of Fasciolidae range in length from 2 cm, for species of Parafasciolopsis, and 10 cm, for species such as Fasciola gigantica. The oral and ventral suckers are usually located. the cercariae are of a gymnocephalic shape.
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