Korean J Parasitol.  1990 Sep;28(3):175-181. 10.3347/kjp.1990.28.3.175.

Metacercariae of Pharyngostomum cordatum found from the European grass snake, Rhabdophis tigrina, and its experimental infection to cats

• Chai JY
• Sohn WM
• Chung HL
• Hong ST
• Lee SH

• KMID: 1720305
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.3347/kjp.1990.28.3.175

Abstract

The metacercariae of Pharyngostomum cordatum were found naturally infected in the European grass snake, Rhabdophis tigrina, purchased from a local snake collector in Jinju, Kyongsangnam-do. They were experimentally fed to several kinds of animals such as mice, rats, hamsters, ducklings, a dog, and cats. The adult worms were recovered from the cats 5 weeks after the infection, but none from other animals. The measurements and other morphological characters of the metacercariae and adults were both compatible with those of P. cordatum described by previous authors. The present study confirmed that the snake, Rhabdophis tigrina, serves as a second intermediate (or paratenic) host of P. cordatum in Korea.

MeSH Terms

Trematoda-anatomy-and-histology
Trematoda-growth-and-development
*Cats-parasitology
*Snakes-parasitology
*Trematoda-isolation-and-purification