Fascioloides magna, also known as giant liver fluke, large American liver fluke or deer fluke, is trematode parasite that occurs in wild and domestic ruminants in North America and Europe. …

The giant liver fluke or deer fluke, Fascioloides magna, is a parasitic flatworm that may grow up to 8 cm long, 3 cm wide, and 2-5 mm thick. They have a multi-host life cycle, using snails as …

F magna is up to 100 mm long, 2–4.5 mm thick, 11–26 mm wide, and oval; it is distinguished from Fasciola spp by its large size and lack of an anterior projecting cone.

Fascioloides magna occurs primarily in free-ranging ruminants in North America and, following elk importation in the 19 century, in areas of Europe. Many elk in Banff National Park are infected.

May 26, 2021 · Fascioloides magna, also known as the giant liver fluke, is a digenean trematode that infects wild ruminants (such as the white-tailed deer, elk, caribou, etc.) as the definitive …

Fascioloides magna (100 mm) occurs in foci throughout North America; remember that the final host is typically the white-tailed deer. The migratory tracts and lesions produced by F. magna …

Mar 4, 2015 · Fascioloides magna (Fig. 1) is a multicellular parasite belonging to phylum Platyhelminthes, class Trematoda. In that phylum are also found eucestodes, monogeneans, …

Jul 22, 2021 · Fascioloides magna is a flatworm parasite native to North America. Its final hosts are deer, moose, and related cervids, but it can infect cattle, sheep, goats, horses, buffaloes, …

Fas­ci­oloides magna is a mo­noe­cious trema­tode, which means that it pos­sesses both fe­male and male re­pro­duc­tive sys­tems. Thus, Fas­ci­oloides magna does not have any par­tic­u­lar mat­ing …

Feb 23, 2016 · Giant liver fluke Fascioloides magna is a veterinary important liver parasite of free-living and domestic ruminants. This chapter provides general characterization and basic data …