Among Paragonimus species, P. paishuihoensis is one of the most mysterious and poorly understood species. Metacercariae are characterized by having a unique dendritically branched excretory bladder. However, the morphology of the adult worm remains unknown. To date, metacercariae of this species have been reported only in China and Thailand. In this study, we first found P. paishuihoensis metac...

heterophyidosis is a fish-transmitted disease in khuzestan province, therefore a total of 900 fresh water fishes belonging to cyprinus carpio, liza abtt and gambosia affinis, were collected from canals of mazreeh district in the central area of khuzestan. in 44%, metaccrcariae of three small flukes of human including haplorchis taickut, haplorchis pumilio, stellanichasmus falcamtus were found. ...

Fish-borne trematode is a worldwide problem. In addition to the major liver flukes, several types of intestinal flukes also use minnows as the intermediate host. Traditional ingestion of undercooked and uncooked fish preparations is a major factor in pathogen acquisition. Several freshly killed freshwater fish, Cyclocheilichthys armatus, were purchased from the local market and sent to the labo...

The pond smelt Hypomesus olidus and minnow Zacco platypus were collected from the Soyang and Daechung Lakes in January 2003, and their metacercarial infections was examined by the muscle compression and artificial digestion techniques. In the Soyang Lake, 161 metacercariae of Clonorchis sinensis (0.35 per fish) were harvested from 459 pond smelts examined. Also, 13 metacercariae of C. sinensis ...

The efficacy of crude pineapple juice obtained from Ananus comosus in digesting fish for the harvesting of trematode metacercariae was investigated. No significant difference was found between the total number of metacercariae detected from fish (Cirrhina jullieni) digested by acid pepsin and those digested by freshly prepared pineapple juice that was kept for 15 days at a temperature of either...

In this study, the rabbit was assessed as a laboratory host for the helminthes parasite, Fasciola gigantica. Three groups of rabbits were Infected experimentally with 5, 10 end 15 metacercariae of F. gigantica respectively. Clinical signs found included pale mucous membrane, progressive emaciation and rough hair coat. The post mortem findings Included haemorrhage and scattered calcified nodules...

When exposed to concentrations of less than one Plagiorchis noblei cercariae per cc of water, the acquisition of metacercariae by Aedes aegypti larvae increased significantly with each successive instar but declined precipitously upon pupation. Thus, 1st instar larvae acquired no metacercariae, whereas 4th instars had a mean abundance of 6.15: pupae only acquired a mean of 0.62 parasites. Paras...

The rate of ingestion of Fasciola normal metacercariae (NMc) encysted on plants by Lymnaea ollula was examined, and the infectivity of the ingested metacercariae (IMc) in the feces of the host snail to mice was studied. As a result of ingestion by snails, the metacercarial outer cyst disappeared in about 50% of IMc in feces. There was no significant difference in the liver juvenile recovery at ...

Although Vietnam has a high risk of fishborne zoonotic trematode (FZT) infections for humans, little information exists on the epidemiology of these infections in the country's fish. Because of the importance of cultured catfish and snakehead production in An Giang province, a major production area in the Mekong Delta of Vietnam, a survey for FZTs was carried out in randomly selected fish farms...

The examination of flesh of 313 cyprinid fish from the Nam Ngum water reservoir in Vientiane Province, Laos, revealed the presence of four morphologically similar opisthorchiid and heterophyid metacercariae of medical importance. The following morphological characters, visible under dissecting microscope with low magnification, were typical of trematodes recorded in fish: (1) Opisthorchis viver...