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== ''Dicrocoelium dendriticum'' ==
== ''Dicrocoelium dendriticum'' ==
[[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]]
*This is a small fluke (less than 1.5cm) found in the bile ducts of ruminants and some other herbivores.
*This is a small fluke (less than 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 - they are therefore much less pathogenic than ''Fasciola'' (which burrow through the liver parenchyma).
*The flukes migrate directly up the common bile duct to reach the bile ducts within the liver - they are therefore much less pathogenic than ''Fasciola'' (which burrow through the liver parenchyma).