Korean J Parasitol.
2008 Jun;46(2):83-86. 10.3347/kjp.2008.46.2.83.
Holostephanus metorchis (Digenea: Cyathocotylidae) from Chicks Experimentally Infected with Metacercariae from a Fish, Pseudorasbora parva, in the Republic of Korea
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- 1Department of Parasitology, College of Medicine, Dankook University, Cheonan 330-714, Korea. bbbenji@freechal.com
- 2Department of Parasitology and Tropical Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, and Institute of Endemic Diseases, Seoul National University Medical Research Center, Seoul 110-799, Korea.
- 3Department of Environmental and Tropical Medicine, Konkuk University, School of Medicine, Chungju 380-701, Korea.
- 4Department of Parasitology and Institute of Health Science, Gyeongsang National University College of Medicine, Jinju 660-751, Korea.
- KMID: 1089467
- DOI: http://doi.org/10.3347/kjp.2008.46.2.83
Abstract
- Holostephanus metorchis (Digenea: Cyathocotylidae) is a patrrasite of birds, transmitted by freshwater fishes. H. metorchis adults were recovered from chicks experimentally infected with metacercariae collected from freshwater fishes, Pseudorasbora parva. The metacercariae were oval, surrounded with thick fibrous capsules. In adult flukes, the holdfast organ occupied the ventral concavity, and the anterior testis did not reach the level of the ventral sucker. Based on these morphological characteristics, these flukes were identified as H. metorchis.
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