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[[Image:Dicrocoelium dendriticum.jpg|thumb|right|150px|''Dicrocoelium dendriticum'' - Joaquim Castellà Veterinary Parasitology Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona]]
[[Image:Dicrocoelium dendriticum.jpg|thumb|right|150px|''Dicrocoelium dendriticum'' - Joaquim Castellà Veterinary Parasitology Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona]]
[[Image:Dicrocoelium dendriticum adult.jpg|thumb|right|150px|''Dicrocoelium dendriticum'' adult from horse faeces - Joaquim Castellà Veterinary Parasitology Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona]]
[[Image:Dicrocoelium dendriticum adult.jpg|thumb|right|150px|''Dicrocoelium dendriticum'' adult from horse faeces - Joaquim Castellà Veterinary Parasitology Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona]]
'''Scientific Classification'''
{| cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" border="1"
| Kingdom
| Animalia
|-
| Phylum
| Platyhelminthes
|-
| Class
| Trematoda
|-
| Order
| Diagiorchiida
|-
| Family
| Dicrocoeliidae
|-
| Genus
| Dicrocoelium
|-
| Species
| '''D. dendriticum'''
|}
*This is a small fluke (<1.5cm) found in the bile ducts of ruminants and some other herbivores
*This is a small fluke (<1.5cm) found in the bile ducts of ruminants and some other herbivores
*The flukes migrate directly up the common bile duct to reach the bile ducts within the liver
*The flukes migrate directly up the common bile duct to reach the bile ducts within the liver