NEET BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -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 ‘digenetic endoparasite’.

Detailed explanation-2: -Complete answer: Fasciola hepatica is an endoparasite which belongs to the class of Trematoda, phylum Platyhelminthes. Various mammal livers are infected by this parasite including humans. The fluke causes a disease called fasciolosis. It is classified as a foodborne disease.

Detailed explanation-3: -Fascioliasis is an infectious disease caused by Fasciola parasites, which are flat worms referred to as liver flukes. The adult (mature) flukes are found in the bile ducts and liver of infected people and animals, such as sheep and cattle.

Detailed explanation-4: -Solution : False. Liverfluke is an endoparasite.