Revision for “Paropisthorchis caninus” created on June 18, 2014 @ 12:42:47
| Title | Paropisthorchis caninus |
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| Content | <p align="CENTER"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>Paropisthorchis caninus</b></i></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b> Stephens, 1912</b></span></span></p>
<p align="JUSTIFY"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Paropisthorchis caninus</i></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> 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. </span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Paropisthorchis</i></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>caninus</i></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> the liver-fluke of the Indian non-descript dog. Ann Trop Med Parasitol 6:117-128). It has been considered by some a synonym of a parasite described as </span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Distoma caninus</i></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> (Lewis and Cunningham, 1872). However, others have considered it a valid genus. It differs from other opisthorchids in that the ventral sucker and genital opening appear to be pedunculate, i.e., protruding from the body. This parasite was described once from a cat in India that was found dead on the side of a road and which had enlarged bile ducts and fibrosis of the liver (Bhatia BB, Sood SM, Pande BP. 1959. An opisthorchid trematode from the domestic cat (</span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Felis</i></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>catus</i></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>domesticus</i></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;">) with a report on three other helminths. In Vet J 36:528-531.).</span></span></p> |
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