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Fasciola hepatica

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A parasite called the liver fluke which causes Fascioliasis or 'liver rot' in ruminants and many other mammals, including people.

Eating contaminated vegetation such as watercress is a common mode of infection.

Fasciola hepatica is cosmopolitan in distribution being found throughout all regions of the world, both temperate and tropical

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