Troglotrema mustelae

Troglotrema mustelae

<p align="CENTER"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>Troglotrema mustelae</b></i></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b> Wallace, 1932</b></span></span></p> <p align="JUSTIFY"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Troglotrema mustelae</i></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> was described by Wallace (1932. The life history of </span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Troglotrema</i></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>mustelae</i></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> n.sp. J Parasitol 19:164.) who showed that the cercariae have very short tails and become entrapped together in the water in balls of mucus. The metacercariae develop in the fins of fresh-water catfish, </span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Ameiurus</i></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> spp., and matures to the adult stage in carnivores, including the cat, in 5 days after ingestion of the fish. A similar trematode, </span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Troglotrema acutum</i></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> has been reported from the nasal sinuses of carnivores in Europe; this trematode has been reported to cause injury to the bones of the skull (Vogel H, Voelker J. 1978, Uber den Lebenszyklus von </span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Troglotrema</i></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>acutum</i></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;">. Tropenmed Parasitol 29:385-405.</span></span></p>