Question

Fasciola hepatica is a

• A. Endoparasite
• B. Free living
• C. Ectoparasite
• D. Both B and C

Answer 1

The correct option is A Endoparasite

Fasciola hepatica is an endoparasite because it lives as a parasite inside the bile passage of sheep. Its life cycle is completed in two hosts (a primary vertebrate host, the sheep and a secondary or intermediate invertebrate host, the gastropod mollusc). The adult parasite is found in the primary host, while a part of its life cycle as larval stages are found in the invertebrate host.

So, the correct answer is 'Endoparasite'.