D. dendriticum
Cards (8)
- Dicrocoelium dendriticum is also called Lanceolate fluke
- Infective Stage - Metacercaria
- Intermediate Hosts of D. dendriticum:
- 1st IH: Snail (Cionella lubrica) “slime balls”
- 2nd IH: Ants (Formica fusca)
- Final Host of D. dendriticum is Herbivores while man serves as an accidental host
- Habitat of D. dendriticum is in Liver or Bile Duct
- Blade or lancet-like shaped worm
- Differs from C. sinensis that its testes are slightly lobed and situated in the anterior third
- Has a large ventral sucker
D. dendriticum- Diagnosis of D. dendriticum via demonstration of eggs in stool or in duodenal or bile fluid
- Praziquantel: drug of choice