by Jessica Retzlaff | Jun 13, 2014
Orchipedum isostoma (Rudolphi, 1819) Orchipedum isostoma has been shown in Africa to develop to adults in the frontal sinuses of cats fed crabs(Ann Parasitol 36 NEED REFERENCE) containing metacercariae. There was no discussion of the signs that may have...
by Jessica Retzlaff | Jun 13, 2014
TREMATODES OF THE NASAL FOSSAE Trematodes of the nasal fossae or sinuses ORCHIPEDIDAE Orchipedumisostoma (Rudolphi, 1819) TROGLOTREMATIDAE Troglotrema mustelae Wallace, 1932 Some trematodes normally live as adults in the nasal sinuses of...
by Jessica Retzlaff | Jun 13, 2014
Pseudamphistomum truncatum (Rudolphi, 1819) Lühe, 1909 This parasite has been described from the bile ducts of cats in Europe and India. The small trematode, 2 mm long, is found within the bile ducts. The parasite appears very similar to species of Metorchis...
by Jessica Retzlaff | Jun 13, 2014
Parametorchis complexum (Stiles and Hassall, 1894) Skrjabin, 1913 (Figure 2-41) ETYMOLOGY:Para = near, meta = posterior and orchis = testis [thus, near Metorchis] along with complexum = for the complex coiling of the uterus at the level of the acetabulum....
by Jessica Retzlaff | Jun 13, 2014
Metorchis orientalis Tanabe, 1919 Metorchis orientalis (Metorchisalbidus Hsü, 1934 is considered here to be a synonym) is probably the equivalent of Metorchis albidus and Metorchis conjunctus in Asia. It was originally described from a dog and cat in Japan and...
