Studies on the larval trematodes from brackish water fishes I. Observation of Centrocestus asadai Mishima, 1959.

Author: Dong Wik CHOI ¹ ; Dae Shik SHIN ; Sang Whon LEE
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1. Departmet of Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine, Kyungbook National University, Korea.
Publication Type:Original Article
MeSH: parasitology-helminth-trematoda-Centrocestus asadai; Tribolodon taczanowskii; metacercariae
From:The Korean Journal of Parasitology 1964;2(1):14-19
CountryRepublic of Korea
Language:Korean
Abstract: Metacercariae of Centrocestus species were found from a brackish water fish, Tribolodon taczanowskii Steindachner in the downstream of Hyungsan river. Thirty one fishes out of 154 examined (31.8 percent ) were infected with the metacercariae of Centrocestus. sp. Metacercariae were fed to the mouse experimentally and adult worms were recovered from the intestinal mucosa. And they were identified C. asadai Mishima and compared with the prereported Centrocestus sp.