adult Dicrocoelium dendriticum with prominent posterior testes (branched structures),paired vitelline
glands (lateral) and ovaries and ootype (red, anterior to midline). This
is known as the liver lancet of cattle.
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anterior end of D. dendriticum showing the uterus, outlined with the blackened egg capsules.
This worm's metacercaria infects ants and alters their behavior in such a way as
to increase the possibility of them being eaten by a cow, the definitive host. 100x