by Jessica Retzlaff | Jun 13, 2014
Paropisthorchis caninus Stephens, 1912 Paropisthorchis caninus was described from material collected from a dog in India that was in the museum of the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (Stephens JWW. 1912. Paropisthorchiscaninus the liver-fluke of the Indian...
by Jessica Retzlaff | Jun 13, 2014
Opisthorchis chabaudi Bourgat and Kulo, 1977 Opisthorchis chabaudi was described from specimens collected from an experimentally infected cat in Togo, Africa Bourgat R, Kulo SD. 1977. Recherches expérimentales sur le cycle biologique d’Opisthorchischabaudi...
by Jessica Retzlaff | Jun 13, 2014
Opisthorchis viverrini (Poirier), 1886) Stiles and Hassall, 1896 ETYMOLOGY:Opistho = posterior and orchis = testis along with viverrini = representing the host from which it was originally described Felis viverrus. The adult Opisthorchis viverrini is morphologically...
by Jessica Retzlaff | Jun 13, 2014
Opisthorchis felineus (Rivolta, 1884) Blanchard, 1895 (Figure 2-39) ETYMOLOGY:Opistho = posterior and orchis = testis along with felineus = representing the feline host. SYNONYMS:Distoma felineum Rivolta, 1884; Distoma sibiricum Winogradoff, 1892. ...
by Jessica Retzlaff | Jun 13, 2014
Clonorchis sinensis (Cobbold, 1875) Looss, 1907 (Figure 2-38) ETYMOLOGY:Clon = branched and orchis = testis along with sinensis = representing China. SYNONYMS:Distoma sinens Cobbold, 1875; Distoma spathulatum Leuckart, 1876; Distoma endemicum Jima, 1886. Also, some...
