PPT-TREMATODES (Flukes) Common features:

They are flat provided with suckers as organ of attachment Trematodes are usually leaf shaped and commonly named as flukes Fluke means flat body with suckers No body cavity Reproduction. Trematodes. (flukes). Phylum . Platyhelminthes. – Class . Trematoda. . General characters:. Dorsoventrally. flattened typically leaf shaped. have an oral and a ventral sucker used for attachment and movement. . Trematoda. (Flatworms). Flukes. Flatworm. unsegmented body. No body cavity; nutrients diffuse across body surface. =acoelomate . >11,000 species. Affect >300 million people each year (mostly in Africa and Asia). HELMINTHS . Macroscopic, . multiceullar. organism. Having their own digestive system, excretory, reproductive and nervous systems. INTRODUCTION. Humans are the primary hosts.. Most worms produce in human sexually . Link to video. Flatworms - General Information. 3. . phyla in Ch. 14 – We are going to focus . mainly on . Phylum Platyhelminthes . Symmetry. : Bilateral. Cephalization. - head end concentrated with sense organs and nervous control. Guests. . Are You an Unknowing Host?. . Pam Porter. . Can you believe that once upon a time, parasites were thought to be desirable?. Oh, how times have changed!. Parasites Defined. . Common organism that feeds off another organism. Its main purpose is to consume decaying matter if available. If not, the organism will consume other live organisms.. Protozoa and Trematodes The incubation period is normally between seven and ten days (range 4 to 28 days) (Hunter 1998). Infectivity The infective dose of oocysts for humans is unknown but probably Guests. . Are You an Unknowing Host?. . Pam Porter. . Can you believe that once upon a time, parasites were thought to be desirable?. Oh, how times have changed!. Parasites Defined. . Common organism that feeds off another organism. Its main purpose is to consume decaying matter if available. If not, the organism will consume other live organisms.. drugs. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. LIVER FLUKES INTESTINAL FLUKES. DR MONIKA RAJANI . ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ,. DEPT OF MICROBIOLOGY. CIMSH , LKO. DR MONIKA RAJANI. Introduction. Commonly known as . flukes (flat fish). Trematodes. Dr . Deepak Kumar. Assistant Professor. Department of Veterinary Pathology. Bihar Veterinary College, Patna. Bihar Animal Sciences University, Patna- 14. TREMATODES ( FLUKES ). Trematodes are flat worm, most are leaf-like in shape & have one or two suckers.. ( fluke ). . flat, leaf-like, cylindrical, ….. size: couple of millimeters to few centimeters. two oral and ventral cup-shaped suckers. Simple digestive system. Hermaphrodite or diocious (separate, male & female). Assis.Prof.Dr. . Suhad Faisal . Hatem. . Helminths. (. Trematoda. ). Helminth. :. commonly known as . parasitic worms. , are large . multicellular. organisms, which when mature can generally be seen with the naked eye including . is a disease of domestic and wild ruminants caused by digenetic . trematodes. . of the . superfamily . Paramphistomoidea. . ,. Fischoeder. , 1901 (. Lotfy. . et al. . 2010. ).. Etiology:. It is belonging . Gh. . Fajir. **Classification of . trematodes. . **. Blood flukes. .. Schistosoma. . haematobium. .. Schistosoma. . mansoni. .. Shsistosoma. . japonicum. Liver flukes. . . Fasciola. hepatica / .