The Common Liver Fluke (Fasciola hepatica) This large worm inhabits the liver of the goat and other herbivores. This species requires complex intermediate stages to complete its life cycle. Additional animations describing the life cycles of parasites that infect the goat. Cryptosporidium Eimeria spp. (coccidian) Dictyocaulus vivparus (lungworm) Muellerius capillaris (goat lung worm) Fasciola hepatica (liver fluke) Haemonchus contortus (barber pole worm) Ostertagia circumcincta (brown stomach worm) Trichostrongylus spp. (hair worm) Nematodirus spp (thin-necked intestinal worm) Oesophagostomum columbianum (nodular worm) Strongyloides papillosus (common thread worm) Parelaphostrongylus tenuis (brain or meningeal worm) Trichuris ovis (whipworm) Moniezia expansa (tapeworm) Return to Goat Biology Animations Return to Goat Biology Home