Korean J Parasitol.  1984 Dec;22(2):215-221. 10.3347/kjp.1984.22.2.215.

A study on the parasitic helminths of domestic duck(Anas platyrhynchos var. domestica Linnaeus) in Korea

Affiliations
  • 1Department of Parasitology and Institute for Tropical Endemic Diseases, College of Medicine, Korea University, Korea.
  • 2Department of Veterinary Parasitology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Seoul National University, Korea.

Abstract

During February 1982 to Septemner 1983, a total of 105 domestic ducks (Anas platyrhynchos var. domestica Linnaeus) were collected from Ichon Gun, Puasn City, Chunchon City, Yanggu Gun, Taejeon City and unknown areas in Korea. In the results, six trematode and one nematode species of helminth parasites were obtained and described as follows: Amphimerus anatis Yamaguti, 1933, Echinostoma miyagawai Ishii, 1932, Echinochasmus japonicus Tanabe, 1926, Cryptocotyle sp., Notocotylus attenuatus (Rudolphi, 1809) Kossack, 1911, Apatemon sp, and nematode species, Heterakis gallinarum Schrank, 1788. From this collection, Amphimerus anatis Yamaguti, 1933, Echinochasmus japonicus Tanabe, 1926, Genus Cryptocotyle Luhe, 1899 and genus Apatemon Szidat, 1928 were firtstly recorded in Korea.


MeSH Terms

parasitology-helminth-trematoda
duck
Anas platyrhyncos var. domestica
epidemiology
Amphimerus anatis Echinostoma miyagawai
Echinochasmus japonicus
Cryptocotyle sp.
Notocotylus attenuatus
Heterakis gallinarum
Amphimerus anatis
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