Revision for “Cryptocotyle quinqueangularis” created on June 18, 2014 @ 12:59:49
| Title | Cryptocotyle quinqueangularis |
|---|---|
| Content | <p align="CENTER"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>Cryptocotyle quinqueangularis</b></i></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b> (Skrjabin, 1923)</b></span></span></p>
<p align="JUSTIFY"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>ETYMOLOGY:</b></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Crypto</i></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> (hidden) + </span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>cotyle</i></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> (disk) [for the small ventral sucker being incorporated, hidden within, the muscular a ring of small spines around the oral opening] and </span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>quinqueangularis </i></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;">for the five-sided nature of this worm.</span></span></p>
<p align="JUSTIFY"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>SYNONYMS:</b></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Ciureana quinqueangularis</i></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> (Skrjabin, 1923).</span></span></p>
<p align="JUSTIFY"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>HISTORY:</b></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> This parasite was first described by Skrjabin from specimens recovered from domestic cats in Russia.</span></span></p>
<p align="JUSTIFY"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION:</b></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> This parasite has been reported from Russia.</span></span></p>
<p align="JUSTIFY"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>LOCATION IN HOST: </b></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> Small intestine.</span></span></p>
<p align="JUSTIFY"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>PARASITE IDENTIFICATION:</b></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> This small worm differs from the other species of </span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Cryptocotyle</i></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> in that the body is five-sided and has vitellaria extending anteriorly to the level of the intestinal bifurcation.</span></span></p>
<p align="JUSTIFY"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> The eggs tend to be lop-sided, i.e., the ovals are longer on one side than the other. The dimensions are 38 µm long by 15 µm in width.</span></span></p>
<p align="JUSTIFY"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>LIFE CYCLE:</b></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> The typical final host are probably gulls and terns; however, the only specimens recovered have been from the cat.</span></span></p>
<p align="JUSTIFY"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>CLINICAL PRESENTATION AND PATHOGENESIS:</b></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> Thought to be asymptomatic.</span></span></p>
<p align="JUSTIFY"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>TREATMENT:</b></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> Probably praziquantel, but not reported.</span></span></p>
<p align="JUSTIFY"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>EPIZOOTIOLOGY: </b></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> Cats probably become infected by eating raw fish.</span></span></p>
<p align="JUSTIFY"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>HAZARD TO OTHER ANIMALS:</b></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> None known.</span></span></p>
<p align="JUSTIFY"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>HAZARD TO HUMANS: </b></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> Humans could possibly be infected if they ingested the presumed fish intermediate host.</span></span></p>
<p align="JUSTIFY"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>CONTROL/PREVENTION:</b></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> Probably the prevention of the ingestion of raw fish.</span></span></p>
<p align="JUSTIFY"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>REFERENCES:</b></span></span></p>
<p align="JUSTIFY"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Skrjabin KI. 1923. Studies on the parasitic worms of carnivores II-IV.. Trudy Gos Inst Exsp Vet 1:67-71.</span></span></p> |
| Excerpt |