by Jessica Retzlaff | Jun 13, 2014
Echinoparyphium Specimens identified as belonging to the genus Echinoparyphium was recovered from 16 of 59 cats in the midlands of Tasmania (Gregory GG, Munday BL. 1976. Intestinal parasites of feral cats from the Tasmanian Midlands and King Island. Austral Vet J...
by Jessica Retzlaff | Jun 13, 2014
Isthmiophora melis (Schrank, 1788) Lühe, 1909 This is a trematode, along with Euparyphiumbeaveri and Echinostomamelis make up a group that is mainly a parasite of otters and badgers that on rare occasions find their way into dogs. It seems that it is also possible...
by Jessica Retzlaff | Jun 13, 2014
Artyfechinostomum sufrartyfex Lane, 1915 (Figure 2-13) ETYMOLOGY: According to Lane (1915) the worm was named for Dr. E Smythe of Suffry in Assam, India: "By the kind courtesy of Dr. E. Smythe of Suffry in Assam, India, of whose kindness the name given to the parasite...
by Jessica Retzlaff | Jun 13, 2014
Stephanoprora denticulatoides Isaichikoff, 1925 ETYMOLOGY:Stephano (= crown) + prora (forward) and denticulatoides (like denticulata, another species of Stephanoprora described from European birds). SYNONYMS: Beaver (1937) considered Stephanoprora denticulatoides a...
by Jessica Retzlaff | Jun 13, 2014
Episthmium caninum (Verma, 1935) Chatterji, 1954 ETYMOLOGY:Epi (dorsal) + isthmium (constriction) [for the break in the spines around the mouth] and caninum for the canine host SYNONYMS:Episthochasmus caninum Verma, 1935; Echinochasmus corvus (Bhalerao, 1926) Gupte...
