GROUP 3

2 spp. of flukes
Dissecting kit
Petri dish
Glass slide
Compound Microscope
Microscope
Gloves
Lab gowns
Face mask
 Trematodes are flatworms known as
flukes. They are internal parasites of mollusks
and vertebrates.
Eggs are passed in the feces, acquired by
the intermediate host(snails, vegetation) where
it undergoes into several stages, metacercariae
is the infective stage where definitive hosts
aquire through ingestion of IH having
metacercariae. They encysts in DH until adult
and lay eggs which eventually passed on feces.
Dissecting kit
Glass slide
1. Collect 2 spp. Of flukes as specimen for you to
work on. Preserve using 75 % alcohol.
2. SOP: wear your laboratory gear
3. Describe your specimen externally (size, shape,
color).
4. View your specimen under microscope. Note the
suckers, and distinct features.
5. Dry the specimen.
6. Place on a glass slide and view under compound
microscope. Note the parts.
7. Identify your specimen.
Describe: (gross) size, shape, color

Size: length= 17mm

width= 8mm

Shape: dorso-ventrally flattened

anteriorly pointed and posteriorly
blunt. Having distinct demarcation(shoulder).
Making it looks like a leaf appearance.

Color: yellow to cream with brown on the edges.

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3x
Size: length= 34 mm
width= 7 mm

Shape: longer leaf-like

Color: brown to yellow

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Fasciola gigantica
Fasciola hepatica
*leaf-shape with scarcely
*leafshape with
Perceptible shoulders
Prominent shoulder
 Parasitic flatworm which cause fasciolopsis.
One of the most important single platyhelminth
infections of ruminants in Asia and Africa.
Humans may also be infected
Metacercariae = infective stage
Infection with fasciola spp. Occurs when
metacercariae are accidentally ingested on raw
vegetation.
SIintestinal wall peritoneal caviTY liver
biliary ducts feces
Fecalysis
treatment=Triclabendazole (for mature and
immature flukes)
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Shape:

Color:
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Fishoederious elongatus

most common spp. Of amphistomes (having

two suckerson both extremities) affecting
cattle and carabao in the Philippines.
Found in the rumen
Animals infected with this parasite do not
show obvious symptoms, so t is easy to be
ignored.
However, studies show that it cause severe
economic losses to the breeding industry.
Thank you!!

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