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Dicrocoelium dendriticum (view source)
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**The final host is infected when ants are eaten at grazing
**The final host is infected when ants are eaten at grazing
**The presence of metacercariae in the nerve ganglia of the ants makes them revert to a primitive behaviour pattern, whereby they cling onto herbage overnight instead of retreating to the nest enhancing the likelihood of being eaten by grazing animals
**The presence of metacercariae in the nerve ganglia of the ants makes them revert to a primitive behaviour pattern, whereby they cling onto herbage overnight instead of retreating to the nest enhancing the likelihood of being eaten by grazing animals
[[Category:Trematodes]]