NEET2008ZoologyHuman Health and DiseasesActual
During the life-cycle, Fasciola hepatica (liver fluke) infects its intermediate host and primary host at the following larval stages respectively
Options
- Aredia and miracidium
- Bcercaria and redia
- Cmetacercaria and cercaria
- Dmiracidium and metacercaria.
Correct answer
D. miracidium and metacercaria.
Step-by-step solution
Life cycle of F . hepatica is complete and completed in two hosts. Primary host, in which the adult fluke lives, is sheep. While the intermediate host, in which numerous larval stages are passed, is a snail (Lymnaea, Planorbis, etc.). This type of life cycle, involving two different kinds of hosts, is termed digenetic. Miracidium larva is the larval stage involved in life cycle. When suitable conditions become available, the encapsulated embryo, in 4-15 days, differentiates into a miracidium larva. It hatches out a