Revision for “Isthmiophora melis” created on June 18, 2014 @ 12:50:14
| Title | Isthmiophora melis |
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| Content | <p align="CENTER"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>Isthmiophora melis</b></i></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b> (Schrank, 1788) Lühe, 1909</b></span></span></p>
<p align="JUSTIFY"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> This is a trematode, along with </span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Euparyphium</i></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>beaveri</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>Echinostoma</i></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>melis</i></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> make up a group that is mainly a parasite of otters and badgers that on rare occasions find their way into dogs. It seems that it is also possible that this trematode could be found in cats. The life cycle, like that of </span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Artyfechinostoma</i></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> appears to involve infection via the ingestion of frogs which is how cats are likely to be infected.</span></span></p> |
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