Sheep+Liver+Fluke+(Fasciola+hepatica)

Symptoms:

 * ==﻿ Livers of infected animals may be enlarged. ==
 * **Sheep and Goats may die from extensive tissue damage that occurs during migration of the fluke in the liver. [[image:vomiting_medium.jpg align="right"]]**
 * **Diarrhea**
 * **Fever**
 * **Nausea**
 * **Stomach ache**
 * **Vomiting**
 * Organism responsible for disease: **
 * (Fasciola Hepatica)**
 * A parasitic flatworm that infects the livers of various mammals, including humans. The disease caused by the fluke is called fascioliasis.
 * Many of these diseases have occured in Europe and South America.

<-- Damage of the liver

<-- Adult worm




 * Life Cycle: **
 * [[image:fasciola-hepatica-life-cycle.gif width="509" height="419"]]﻿ **
 * Treatment: **
 * The drug of choice in the treatment of fasciolosis is __triclabendazole.__
 * Proper food preparation usually destroys liver fluke eggs
 * Proper food preparation usually destroys liver fluke eggs