PANCREATIC FLUKE: EURYTREMA PANCREATICUM

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Last updated 7:13 PM on 4/19/26
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Pancreatic fluke

Common name

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  • Cattle

  • sheep

  • Ruminants

DF

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Snail

  • Bradybaenia spp.

  • Cathaica spp.

1st IH

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  • Ants

  • grasshoppers

  • mantis

  • crickets

2nd IH

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  • Pancreatic duct

  • May also be found in bile ducts in heavy infections

Habitat

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Ingestion of 2nd IH with metacercaria

MOT

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  • Flattened trematode

  • Has ruffled margins (wavy body edges)

  • Adapted for living in ducts (not free intestine)

Adult morphology

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  • Operculated

  • embryonated

  • Thick shell

  • Brown color

  • Large operculum

  • Similar with D. granulosum

Egg

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  • Pancreatic duct irritation

  • May cause:

    • inflammation of pancreas (pancreatitis-like symptoms)

    • duct obstruction (in heavy infection)

  • Usually mild or asymptomatic in animals

Pathology