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6. Which will increase the risk of disease?

  • Wet summer
  • Dry summer

7. What is the PPP of fasciola hepatica?

  • 3 weeks
  • 5 days
  • 8-12 weeks
  • 5 weeks

8. When would subacute fasciolosis occur?

  • Oct-Dec
  • Sept-Nov
  • Jan-March

9. Where do the miracidia develop and multiply in the snail?

  • hepatopancreas
  • bile duct
  • salivary glands

10. If fluke eggs are passed in spring will you get a summer or winter infection?

  • Summer
  • Winter

11. If it's a cold winter will a summer snail infection or a winter snail infection be dominant?

  • Summer
  • Winter

12. What is the correct life cycle order of fasciola hepatica?

  • egg-miracidum-sporocyst-redia-metacercaria-cercaria
  • egg-miracidium-sporocyst-redia-cercaria-metacercaria
  • egg-sporocyst-miracidium-redia-cercaria-metacercaria
  • egg-sporocyst-redia-miracidium-metacercaria-cercaria

13. When would acute fasciolosis occur?

  • Jan-March
  • Sept-Nov
  • Oct-Dec

14. Is fasciola hepatica segmented or non segmented?

  • non segemented
  • segmented

15. If fluke eggs are passed in spring, when do they hatch?

  • October
  • June
  • September
  • July

16. How many flukes would you find in chronic fasciolosis?

  • More than 1000 immature
  • More than 250 adult flukes
  • More than 500 - mixed

17. When would chronic fasciolosis occur?

  • Jan-March
  • Oct-Dec
  • Sept-Nov

18. What is the intermediate host of fasciola hepatica?

  • dogs
  • sheep
  • mud snail
  • cattle

19. If the fluke eggs are passed in spring, when are the cercariae shed?

  • From January onwards
  • From september onwards
  • From august onwards
  • From November onwards

20. How many flukes would you find in subacute fasciolosis?

  • More than 250 adults
  • More than 500 - mixed
  • More than 1000 immature