Fascioliasis in animals

Fascioliasis in animals are mainly caused by the digenetic trematode helminths Fasciola hepatica and or F.gigentica. the word ‘gigentica’ coin from its larger size (than F. hepatica) that measures 25-75 mm in length and upto 12 mm in breadth. In the tropical country like india, the fascioliasis in animals is predominanatly caused by Fasciola gigentica and its termed as “tropical fascioliasis”. The condition is also called as “distomosis”, “Liver rot” etc. in Hindi and Gujarati it is called as “Yakrut krumi” , “Yakrut kida” and so on.