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liver flukes liofe cycle {Ans: adult liver flukes residing in the bile ducts of the definitive host adult flukes produce eggs, which are then passed out of the host's body through feces. the eggs hatch into free-swimming larvae called miracidia miracidia then seek out a specific type of freshwater snail inside the snail, the miracidia undergo several developmental stages and reproduce asexually, forming cercariae. cercariae are released from the snail into the water, where they actively swim and seek out a suitable second intermediate host. The cercariae encyst (enclose themselves) on aquatic vegetation Once encysted the cercariae develop into metacercariae The definitive host becomes infected by ingesting the encysted metacercariae the metacercariae excyst (leave their cysts) in the host's intestines and migrate to the liver via the bile ducts, where they mature into adult flukes}taenia life cycle {Ans: Eggs are passed in the feces of the definitive host eggs are ingested by an intermediate host they hatch into larvae called oncospheres in the small intestine. The oncospheres penetrate the intestinal wall and migrate through the bloodstream to various tissues, where they develop into cysticerci. once ingested, the cysticerci attach to the small intestine wall of the human host,