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Liver Fluke - Definition and Overview |
| Related Words: Abdomen, Absorption, Anus, Appendix, Assimilation, Bile, Brain, Brains, Cecum, Chitterlings, Cholecystitis, Cirrhosis, Colon, Digestion, Duodenum, Endocardium |
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A Liver Fluke(Fasciola hepatica) is a trematode (flat worm). It is an endoparasite and causes a disease known as Fascioliasis.
Its first host is a snail. Once the larva leaves the snail, it stays on plants in the passive form. There it is till a herbivorous mammal eats it.
A human can get infected from the infected meat.
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Example Usage of Liver |
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flickrExplorer: [Flickr: Explore!] Cod Liver Oil Capsules by sharaff http://tinyurl.com/yabf2xr |
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msbellows: RT @dedangelo: @msbellows I'll say it: Hell yeah! / Whew! My frontal lobe thanks you. (My Liver screams in horror, but screw him!) |
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DillyDang: vodka, lemon gin, jager.. my Liver is way to excited. |
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