Fasciola hepatica is:

Ectoparasite

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Monogenetic endoparasite

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Digenetic endoparasite

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Incidental parasite

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Solution

The correct option is D Digenetic endoparasite
Fasciola hepatica is called as digenetic because its life cycle is completed in two hosts (sheep and invertebrate host).
It is endoparasite because it lives inside the bile passage of sheep.
So the correct answer is option C- 'digenetic endoparasite'.

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