Animal Fact Files's video: Liver Fluke facts: intestinal parasites Animal Fact Files

Liver flukes are parasitic animals that, as adults, attach to the bile ducts of their hosts and may live their for years without detection. They're small with the largest liver flukes reaching only about 3.15 inches (80mm) in length. These animals have a complex life cycle that includes various larval stages as well as use of an intermediate host like a snail or fish. Humans can get liver flukes by eating raw fish or raw vegetation that has been infected with liver flukes. There are treatment options for humans, but liver flukes can cause quite a lot of damage to livestock. They're difficult to eradicate from a wild area once they've taken residence because a single adult can produce more than 20,000 eggs per day while gravid! That's a lot of potential liver fluke babies. Scientific Name: There is no singular group of "liver flukes" they polyphyletic; classified as flatworms (Phylum: Platyhelminthes). Range: worldwide in suitable habitats Size: 1.18-3.15in (30-80mm) Diet: depends on the life stage, adults feed on the liver of their final host Lifespan: decades as adults in final host You can learn more on: Twitter - https://twitter.com/animalfactfiles Facebook - https://facebook.com/animalfactfiles --- We always do what we can to be as accurate as possible, but we're only human; if you catch a mistake please let us know and provide a link for verification! --- All images, videos and sound effects used herein are 1) public domain, 2) used under a Creative Commons license, 3) used with the express permission of the copyright holder, or 4) used under the parameters of Fair Use law. Credits via Youtube: Thomas Tech - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDh4j3wESAg Clinical Parasitology - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Foisf_iJcA Credits via Wiki Users: Flukeman - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hatching_of_F._hepatica_miracidia.ogv Alan R Walker - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fasciola-egg.jpg; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fasciola-cercaria.jpg; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fasciola-redia.jpg; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fasciola-sporocysts.jpg Circa24 - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Clonorchis_anterior_showing_Stoma_and_oral_sucker.jpg Other attributions: Banchob Stripa - Sripa B. (2008) "Concerted Action Is Needed to Tackle Liver Fluke Infections in Asia". PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases 2(5): e232. doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0000232. Figure 1, D. / https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Opisthorchis_viverrini_2.jpg; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Clonorchis_sinensis_2.png; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Opisthorchis_viverrini_3.png Websites used for research collection: https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Common_Liver_Fluke/-A7LBAAAQBAJ https://www.google.com/books/edition/Asiatic_Liver_Fluke_From_Basic_Science_t/rpx5DwAAQBAJ https://www.google.com/books/edition/Differential_Diagnosis_in_Abdominal_Ultr/pw5uaOu7PJEC https://www.google.com/books/edition/Fish_Fur_Feathers/FILek0eGahUC https://www.cdc.gov/parasites/liver_flukes/index.html https://www.scops.org.uk/internal-parasites/liver-fluke/lifecycle https://byjus.com/biology/liver-fluke-life-cycle https://www.vedantu.com/biology/liver-fluke-life-cycle https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/vm089 https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/miracidium https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rediae This video is licensed under a CC BY-SA 3.0 license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/)*. *you can find information about all the different types of CC licenses here: https://creativecommons.org/ **changes were made to the original