Calicophoron daubneyi
Calicophoron daubneyi
Taxonomy
- Kingdom Animalia
- Phylum Platyhelminthes
- Class Trematoda
- Subclass Digenea
- Order Echinostomata
- Family Paramphistomidae
- Genus Calicophoron
Final host
Cattle, goat
Morphology
Adult: conical (maggot-like) rather than flat shape Small size (≈ 1 cm long) Large ventral sucker (acetabulum) in subterminal position The gut is simple, with two branches The two testes are lobed, situated in tandem in mid-body The ovary is subspherical, post-testicular and pre-acetabular Eggs (≈150-180 µm) are operculate, unembryonated and clear light brown in colour
Cycle
Indirect with one intermediate host (acuatic snails of genus Galba, Planorbis, etc.)
Location
Rumen
Feeding
Juveniles haematophagous Adults: ruminal contents
Diagnostic
Egg
Transmission
Metacercaria (environmental)
