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Fasciolidae

Fasciolidae is a family of trematodes and includes several veterinary and medical important parasites. Family Fasciolidae is divided into 5 geneses. Flukes of the family are localized in liver, gall bladder, and the intestine. The life cycle of fasciolid flukes includes one intermediate host – freshwater snails from family Lymnaeidae.^[1]

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Morphological features

length of adults: 2 (Parafasciolopsis) up to 10 cm (Fasciola gigantica, Fascioloides magna)
suckers: oral and ventral sucker are closely located ^[1]
cercariae: gymnocephalic shape ^[2]

Sytematics within family

according to Olson et al. 2003 ^[3]

genus Fasciola
- F. hepatica
- F. gigantica
- F. jacksoni
- Fasciola spp. – Japanese strain
genus Fascioloides
- F. magna
genus Fasciolopsis
- F. buski
genus Parafasciolopsis
- P. fasciomorphae
genus Protofasciola
- P. robusta

References

^ ^a ^b Jurášek, V., Dubinský, P., 1993. Veterinárna parazitológia. Príroda a.s., Bratislava, 382 pp.
^ Pybus, M.J., 2001. Liver flukes. In: Samuel, W.M., Pybus, M.J., Kocan, A.A. (eds.), Parasitic diseases in wild mammals, Iowa State Press, Iowa City, pp 121–149.
^ Olson, P.D., Cribb, T.H., Tkach, V.V., Bray, R.A., Littlewood, D.T.J., 2003. Phylogeny and classification of the Digenea (Platyhelminthes: Trematoda)1. Int. J. Parasitol. 22, 733-755.

Categories: Veterinary helminthology | Parasitology