Beef liver fluke. Light micrograph of the reproductive region of a beef liver fluke (Fasciola hepatica). This endoparasite lives in two hosts; the pri

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Beef liver fluke. Light micrograph of the reproductive region of a beef liver fluke (Fasciola hepatica). This endoparasite lives in two hosts; the primary host (when a fluke) is cattle and the secondary host (when larvae) is a snail (Limnaea truncatula). nd do much damage and feed on the liver cells and blood. Magnification: x5 when printed at 10 centimetres wide.

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Photo credit: © DR KEITH WHEELER/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
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