Trematodes (Suction Worms) and their Characteristics
Trematodes (Suction Worms) and their Characteristics
➤ Trematodes are called suction worms because they have suckers.
➤ The suction device is in the mouth at the anterior part (front side)
➤ The suction device is in the mouth at the anterior part (front side)
➤ This
suction device attaches to the host's body
➤ The
main host is in the form of livestock such as cows, goats, buffaloes etc.
➤ The other main host is humans if we eat the livestock
of these animals because they are half cooked. Then we will get Fasciolasis (infected
with liver worms)
➤ When sticking to this worm sucks food in the form of
its host body fluids or body tissues
➤ Trematodes
are mostly parasitic animals because they are in the body of a living creature, detrimental to taking organic material
available on their host
➤ Adult trematodes generally live in the liver,
intestines, lungs, kidneys, and vertebrate blood vessels. Farms, Fish, Humans
➤ Trematodes take refuge in the host's body by coating the surface of the body with the cuticle
➤ Trematodes take refuge in the host's body by coating the surface of the body with the cuticle
➤ The
surface of the body does not have cilia. Examples of Trematodes are worms of
Fasciola hepatica liver in livestock, Chlonorsis sinensis in fish
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