• Fasciola is commonly known as liver fluke.

• Body is leaf-like, dorso-ventrally flattened measures 25-30 min in length and 4-5 mm in breadth.

• Anterior end is small and conical, while the posterior end is large more rounded in front than behind.

• An oral sucker is situated apically and a larger highly muscular ventral sucker (acetabulum) is located a little posterior to the oral sucker.

• Fasciola hepatica is found as an endoparasite in the bile ducts of liver of sheep