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4. Fasciola hepatica : Mode of transmission is by ingestion of metacercariae found in edible aquatic plants or by drinking water with floating metacercariae Metacercariae excsts in the duodenum or jejunum and liberate the juvenile fluke Juvenile fluke penetrates the intestinal wall and reaches the liver capsule The parasite burrows into the liver parenchyma where it grows and develops It becomes sexually mature in the bile ducts 
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