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Veterinary Medicine
Undergraduate 2
07/10/2013

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Term
Flukes
Definition

flatworms with leaf shaped bodies 

 

unsegmented 

 

intestinal tract, liver, lungs 

 

hermaphrodites 

 

carried by snail, lizard, fish 

Term
Miracardium
Definition
Larval stage
Term
Paragonimus kellicotti
Definition

Lung fluke of dogs and cats 

 

most common 

 

carried by snail

 

 

Term
Alaria
Definition
Intestinal fluke of dogs and cats
Term
Nanophyetus salmincola
Definition

Salmon poisoning fluke of dogs

 

small intestine 

 

carried by snail 

 

smallest 

Term
Heterobilharzia americanum
Definition

Blood fluke of dogs 

 

carried by snail 

 

swimmers itch 

 

eggs cause inflammatory response 

Term
Fasciola hepatica
Definition

Liver fluke of cattle, sheep and other ruminants 

 

liver rot

 

most economically important fluke in large animal 

 

carried by snail

Term
Fascioloides magna
Definition

Deer fluke 

 

liver fluke of catitle, sheep, and other ruminants 

 

difinitive host - white tail deer 

Term
Dicrocoelium dendriticum
Definition

Lancet fluke of sheep 

 

small

 

snail, ant

 

live in bile ducts 

 

serosus of liver

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