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Most trematode infections were recorded from <jats:italic>Lymnaea natalensis<\/jats:italic> (42.8%), which harboured four of the five morphologically different cercariae found. No trematodes were recovered from <jats:italic>Bellamya capillata, Biomphalaria pfeifferi, Melanoides tuberculata, Physa acuta<\/jats:italic> and <jats:italic>Cleopatra nswendweensis<\/jats:italic>. One snail (0.2%) of 416 <jats:italic>Bulinus<\/jats:italic> snails shed brevifurcate-apharyngeate distome cercariae while three (0.7%) shed amphistomes. Gymnocephalous and longifurcate-pharyngeate distome were the commonest types of cercariae recorded while xiphidiocercaria was the least common. The highest prevalence rates of <jats:italic>F. gigantica<\/jats:italic> (68.8%) and amphistomes (50.0%) in cattle (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\u00a0=\u00a0101) were in Chiyasa while those in Kaleya had the lowest (9.1 and 18.2%, respectively). In most habitats, infections were recorded in both cattle and snails. Critical determinants of infection may have been the distance of settlements and\/or cattle kraals, the number of animals in nearby homesteads and the presence of susceptible host snails. This study suggests that fascioliasis and amphistomiasis could be major constraints of cattle production in the Kafue wetlands because favourable factors were available to introduce and maintain the infections. 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