Figure 4
From: Highland cattle and Radix labiata, the hosts of Fascioloides magna
Pathological changes in bovine liver caused by F. magna infection. A, macroscopic photo of dissected liver tissue; B, microscopic photo – section of lesion with eggs and inflammatory infiltrate of polymorphonuclear leukocytes, stained with hematoxylin and eosin; C, microscopic photo – section of fibrotic portobiliar space and adjacent liver parenchyma, stained with green Gomori trichrome. P, pseudocyst; LP, liver parenchyma; E, egg of F. magna; IPMN, infiltrate of polymorphonuclear leukocytes; ISL, inner space of lesion; MR, migratory route through parenchyma with pigment deposits caused by F. magna juvenile worms; FLT, fibrotic liver tissue.