by Jessica Retzlaff | Jun 13, 2014
Plagiorchis massino Petrov and Tikhonov, 1927 This fluke was originally described from dogs and cats in Armenia and Kazakistan. It has also been reported from a single cat found infected in Newfoundland, Canada (Smith FR, Threllfall W. 1973. Helminths of some mammals...
by Jessica Retzlaff | Jun 13, 2014
PLAGIORCHIDAE The plagiorchids are characterized by having well developed oral and ventral suckers, an ovary just posterior to the ventral sucker, and a pair of testes at the beginning of the posterior of the body that are situated diagonally from each other...