Once in the liver, the Post says, “The worms lay eggs, which are later excreted in the host animal’s feces. The feces, in turn, are eaten by snails, the fluke’s final destination.

Types of intestinal worms include tapeworm, hookworm, liver fluke, threadworm, Ascaris, which causes ascariasis, and Trichinella, which causes trichinosis.

H. americana is one of many worm species nicknamed the liver fluke. Their immediate hosts are snails, which carry and release the larval, free-living form of the parasites into freshwater.

There, the liver flukes find their way through the bile ducts and into the liver, where they suck blood and develop into adult flukes that begin to lay eggs. [Related: ‘Brainwashing’ parasites ...

Last spring, scientists with UC Riverside’s department of nematology discovered the parasite Heterobilharzia americana, a flatworm commonly known as a liver fluke, along the banks of the ...

Here’s how the lancet liver fluke’s story unfolds: An ant eats some flukes, and a lone self-sacrificing fluke — the worm dies in the process — migrates to the ant’s brain, infecting and ...

Worms fall into three groups namely the roundworms, tapeworms and flukes. The latter two are also classified as flatworms. Flukes are mainly found in the rumen, the liver and bile ducts and the ...

The parasites are a type of flatworm known as the lancet liver fluke (Dicrocoelium dendriticum). These worms primarily live out their lives as adults inside cows or other grazing ruminants, but ...

Once the liver fluke infects the ant, several hundred parasites invade the ant's body. But only one makes its way to the brain, where it can influence the ant's behavior. The rest of the liver ...

Giant liver fluke and brainworm are believed to be passed on to moose by deer, which host the parasites but appear to be unaffected. Deer pass giant liver fluke on through their feces to snails ...

Sheep farmers are being urged to stay vigilant for signs of liver fluke and worms. The risk of parasites is said to be 'hugely variable' in the run-up to spring. Matt Colston, ruminant technical ...