Dicrocoelium dendriticum is reported for the first time in western Canada.

Dicrocoelium dendriticum spends its adult life inside the liver of its host.

Efficacy and safety of oral praziquantel against Dicrocoelium dendriticum in llamas.

As a result, most Dicrocoelium dendriticum infections of the biliary tree produce only mild symptoms.

Because human infections with Dicrocoelium dendriticum are so rare, there are multiple suggestions for treatment.

The main reservoirs for Dicrocoelium dendriticum are sheep, cows, land snails and ants.

In one unique case, an infection with Dicrocoelium dendriticum was associated with a skin rash urticaria.

However, Dicrocoelium dendriticum has also been found in goats, pigs and even llamas and alpacas.

The so-called small liver fluke (Dicrocoelium dendriticum) is particularly problematic and infections with this parasite are frequently fatal.

The lancet liver fluke (Dicrocoelium dendriticum) is a parasitic trematode with a complex life cycle.

Dicrocoelium dendriticum has a similar morphology to Clonorchis sinensis, the Chinese liver fluke.

Dicrocoelium dendriticum (lancet liver fluke)

The Dicrocoelium dendriticum, the liver fluke, lives in its adult stage in the intestine of a herbivore (e.g. cattle).

The lancet liver fluke (Dicrocoelium dendriticum) is a parasite fluke that tends to live in cattle or other grazing mammals.

Other parasites that increase their host's risk of predation include Euhaplorchis californiensis, Dicrocoelium dendriticum and Myrmeconema neotropicum.

Much of what is presently known about Dicrocoelium dendriticum is the result of the work of the naturalist Wendell Krull.

Dicrocoelium dendriticum is distinguished by lobed testes in the anterior of the body, as opposed to Clonorchis sinensis whose testes are located in the posterior.

In addition, a study completed in Sweden combining data about the Dicrocoelium dendriticum prevalence and landscape data to discover in which landscape the parasite thrives.

The Lancet Liver Fluke (Dicrocoelium dendriticum) is noted for its cercaria larva, which induces the intermediate host (certain ants) to suicidal behavior.

Recently, an ELISA using a Dicrocoelium dendriticum antigen was able to identify cases of dicrocoeliasis in sheep in Italy 28 days earlier than traditional methods.

In addition, in 2007 the World Health Organization included Dicrocoelium dendriticum on its list of organisms to target with its Foodborne Disease Burden Epidemiology Reference Group.

Limited experience exists with induced infections of Toxocara vitulorum, cestodes and Dicrocoelium dendriticum. For these parasites the use of natural infections instead of induced infections may be justified.

A spectacular example is the endoparasitoid Dicrocoelium dendriticum, the lancet liver fluke that causes host ants to die clinging to grass stalks where grazers or birds may be expected to eat them and complete the parasitoidal fluke's life cycle in its definitive host.