Fasciola gigantica

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Fasciola hepatica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Class: Trematoda
Subclass: Digenea
Order: Echinostomida
Family: Fasciolidea
Genus: Fasciola
Species: F. gigantica
Binomial name
Fasciola gigantica

Fasciola gigantica is a parasitic flatworm of the class Trematoda, which causes tropical fascioliasis. It is regarded as one of the most important single platyhelminth infections of ruminants in Asia and Africa. Estimates of infection rates are as high as 80-100% in some countries.

The parasite infects cattle and buffalo and can also be seen regionally in goats, sheep, and donkeys.

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