Trematodes of the Pancreatic Duct, Bile Duct, and Gall Bladder

Trematodes of the Pancreatic Duct, Bile Duct, and Gall Bladder

 

Trematodes of the Pancreas, Bile ducts, and Gall Bladder

 

Pancreas

DICROCOELIDAE

Eurytrema procyonis Denton, 1942

 

Gallbladder and bile ducts

DICROCOELIDAE

Euparadistomum pearsoni Talbot, 1970

Euparadistomumbuckleyi Singh, 1958

Euparadistomumheiwschi Buckley and Yeh, 1958

Platynosomumconcinnum (Braun, 1901) Purvis, 1933

OPISTHORCHIDAE

Amphimeruspseudofelineus (Ward, 1901) Barker, 1911

Clonorchissinensis (Cobbold, 1875) Looss, 1907

Opisthorchisfelineus (Rivolta, 1884) Blanchard, 1895

Opisthorchisviverrini (Poirier, 1886) Stiles and Hassall, 1896

Opisthorchischabaudi Bourgat and Kulo, 1977

Paropisthorchiscaninus Stephens, 1912

Metorchisconjunctus (Cobbold, 1860) Looss, 1899

Metorchisalbidus (Braun, 1893) Looss, 1899

Metorchisorientalis Tanabe, 1919

Parametorchiscomplexus (Stiles and Hassal, 1894) Skrjabin, 1913

Pseudamphistomumtruncatum (Rudolphi, 1819) Lühe, 1909

 

Several trematodes are regularly found in the ducts that empty into the small intestine from the liver and the pancreas. One parasite, which is regularly found in the pancreatic duct, has been reported from the cat. This trematode, Eurytrema procyonis, is a member of the Dicrocoelids. Most of the other dicrocoelid trematodes are parasites of the gall bladder and bile ducts. The Dicrocoelid trematodes are one of two groups of trematodes that are found in the bile ducts and gall bladder, the other group is the Opisthorchids. The dicrocoelids tend to utilize arthropods as their second intermediate host and opisthorchids utilized fish. Both parasites cause similar hepatic disease.