Joyeuxiella fuhrmanni and Joyeuxiella echinorhyncoides

Joyeuxiella fuhrmanni and Joyeuxiella echinorhyncoides

<p align="CENTER"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>Joyeuxiella</b></i></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>fuhrmanni</b></i></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b> (Baer, 1924) Fuhrmann, 1935</b></span></span></p> <p align="CENTER"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>and</b></span></span></p> <p align="CENTER"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>Joyeuxiella</b></i></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>echinorhyncoides</b></i></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b> (Sonsino, 1889) Fuhrmann, 1935</b></span></span></p> <p align="JUSTIFY"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> Cats are host to two other species of </span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Joyeuxiella</i></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> that are found mainly in Africa. </span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Joyeuxiella</i></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>fuhrmanni</i></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> has been reported from South Africa, Zimbabwe, and the Congo (Baker et al., 1989; Jones, 1983). It has also been reported from cats in Turkey (Burgu et al., 1985) and in Palestine (Witenberg, 1932). </span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Joyeuxiella</i></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>fuhrmanni</i></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> tends to be a smaller worm than </span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Joyeuxiella</i></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>pasqualei</i></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> having a maximum length of 9 cm , and often being only 2 to 3 cm in length. </span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Joyeuxiella</i></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>echinorhyncoides</i></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> has been reported from cats in the middle East and in India (Gupta, 1970; Jones, 1983). This parasite is in recognized by its long rostellum. </span></span></p> <p align="JUSTIFY"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>REFERENCES:</b></span></span></p> <p align="JUSTIFY"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Baker MK, Lange L, Verster a, van der Plaat S. 1989. a survey of helminths in domestic cats in the Pretoria area of Transvaal, Republic of South Africa. Part 1: The prevalence and comparison of burdens of helminths in adult and juvenile cats. J So Afr Vet Assoc 60:139-142. </span></span></p> <p align="JUSTIFY"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Burgu a, Tinar R, Doganay a, Poparlak M. 1985. Ankara’da sokak kedilerinin ekto-ve endoparaizitleri uzerinde bir arastirma. Vet Fak Derg, Ankara Univ 32:288-300.</span></span></p> <p align="JUSTIFY"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Gupta VP. 1970. a dilepidid cysticercoid from </span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Uromastix</i></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>hardwickii</i></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> and its experimental development in pup. Curr Sci 39:137-138.</span></span></p> <p align="JUSTIFY"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Jones a. 1983. a revision of the cestode genus </span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Joyeuxiella</i></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> Fuhrmann, 1935 (Dilepididae: Dipylidiinae). Sys Parasitol 5:203-213.</span></span></p> <p align="JUSTIFY"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Witenberg G. 1932. On the cestode subfamily Dipylidiinae Stiles. Z Parasitenk 4:541-584.</span></span></p>