Revision for “Pseudamphistomum truncatum” created on June 13, 2014 @ 17:55:08
| Title | Pseudamphistomum truncatum |
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| Content | <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>Pseudamphistomum truncatum</b></i></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b> (Rudolphi, 1819) Lühe, 1909</b></span></span>
<p align="JUSTIFY"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;">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 </span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Metorchis</i></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> and </span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Parametorchis</i></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> with the major difference being that the posterior end of the body appears abbreviated, "truncated," producing the appearance of a posterior sucking disk; hence the name meaning false amphistome. The life cycle was examined, and it was shown that it required a piscine intermediate host (Ciurea I. 1917. Die Auffindung der Larven von </span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Opisthorchis</i></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>felineus</i></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;">, </span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Pseudamphistomum</i></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>danubiense</i></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> und </span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Metorchis</i></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>albidus</i></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> und die morphologische Entwicklungung diser Larven zu den geschlechtsreifen Würmer. Ztschr Infk Haust 18:301-333). There has been very little published on the disease or pathology induced by these worms.</span></span></p> |
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