Fasciola gigantica

Taxobox
name = "Fasciola hepatica"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Platyhelminthes
classis = Trematoda
subclassis = Digenea
ordo = Echinostomida
familia = Fasciolidea
genus = "Fasciola"
species = "F. gigantica"
binomial = "Fasciola gigantica"

"Fasciola gigantica" is a parasitic flatworm of the class Trematoda, which causes tropical fascioliasis. It is regarded as one of the most important single platyhelminth infections of ruminants in Asia and Africa. Estimates of infection rates are as high as 80-100% in some countries.

The parasite infects cattle and buffalo and can also be seen regionally in goats, sheep, and donkeys.