Fasciola hepatica Linnaeus, 1758

Arabuli, Lela, Murvanidze, Lali, Faltynkova, Anna & Mumladze, Levan, 2024, Checklist of digeneans (Platyhelminthes, Trematoda, Digenea) of Georgia, Biodiversity Data Journal 12, pp. 110201-110201 : 110201

Fasciola hepatica Linnaeus, 1758

Parasite of

mammals - Bovidae : Bos taurus , Bubalus bubalis , Capra hircus , Ovis aries ; Cervidae : Capreolus capreolus ; Equidae : Equus caballus ; Leporidae : Lepus europaeus ; Myocastoridae : Myocastor coypus ; Suidae : Sus scrofa .

molluscs (intramolluscan stage) - Lymnaeidae : Galba truncatula , Lymnaea stagnalis ; Sphaeriidae : Pisidium sp.

Site of infection: gallbladder, hepatic ducts, hepatopancreas, intestine, liver, lungs.

Distribution

Cosmopolitan distribution; in Georgia: EG: Akhaltsikhe, Akhmeta, Bakuriani, Dusheti, Gardabani, Gori, Samgori, Signagi, Tbilisi, Telavi; WG: Chiatura, Batumi, Khobi, Khulo, Kobuleti, Kutaisi, Lanchkhuti, Poti, Qobuleti, River Shavtskali, Samtredia, Senaki, Sokhumi, Tsalenjikha, Vani, Zugdidi reported by Gamtsemlidze (1941), Burjanadze (1943), Kurashvili and Rodonaia (1954), Qoiava (1956a), Qoiava (1956b), Qoiava (1961), Kurashvili (1961a), Rodonaia (1962), Chiaberashvili (1964), Rodonaia (1966a), Rodonaia (1966b), Rodonaia (1971), Chiaberashvili (1971a), Kurashvili et al. (1983b), Kurashvili (1984a) and Kurashvili et al. (1990).