Select the correct choice (only one makes sense) and explain why you have reject

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Select the correct choice (only one makes sense) and explain why you have rejected the other choices.

Joe has decided to move to the Great Lakes area in the United States to become a sheep herder. He will be a hermit, living a completely self-sustained life by the edge of a lake with his sheepdog Bingo and his sheep. What type of Platyhelminthes is he most likely to contract? Think of the different Platyhelminthes that we have talked about, their epidemiology and geographical distribution.

Heterophyes heterophyes, Hymenolepsis nana, Diplydium caninum

Fasciola hepatica, Echinococcus granulosus, Diphyllobothrium latum

Taenia solium, Fasciola hepatica, Paragonimus westermani

Schistosoma mansoni, Echinococcus gtranulosus, Clornochis sinensis

Fasciopsis buski, Diphyllobothirum latum, Schistosoma japonicum

Explanation / Answer

The correct option is the 2nd option Fasciola hepatica, Echinococcus granulosus, Diphyllobothrium latum. These can transmit through Sheep, Sheepdog and freshwater fish.

The other options do not contact with sheep, sheep dog and fishes (except Fasciola hepatica, Diphyllobothrium latum and Echinococcus granulosus). Only one option contains all the three possible Platyhelminthes.

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