Technical Disease Card
Fascioloides magna (Infection with)
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Fascioloides magna , also known as the giant liver fluke or large American liver fluke, is a liver parasite with a multi-host life cycle that infects a variety of wild ruminants. Snails are intermediate hosts and deer serve as the reservoir host. The parasite is flat and ovoid in shape and up to 100 mm long and 11-26 mm wide.