Holostephanus metorchis (Digenea: Cyathocotylidae) from Chicks Experimentally Infected with Metacercariae from a Fish, Pseudorasbora parva, in the Republic of Korea.
- Author:
Min SEO
1
;
Sang Mee GUK
;
Jong Yil CHAI
;
Seobo SIM
;
Woon Mok SOHN
Author Information
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords: Holostephanus metorchis; trematode; Pseudorasbora parva; holdfast organ
- MeSH: Animals; Chickens; Cyprinidae/*parasitology; Fish Diseases/*parasitology; Fresh Water/parasitology; Korea; Trematoda/anatomy & histology/classification/cytology/*isolation & purification; Trematode Infections/parasitology/*veterinary
- From:The Korean Journal of Parasitology 2008;46(2):83-86
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
- Abstract: Holostephanus metorchis (Digenea: Cyathocotylidae) is a patrrasite of birds, transmitted by freshwater fishes. H. metorchis adults were recovered from chicks experimentally infected with metacercariae collected from freshwater fishes, Pseudorasbora parva. The metacercariae were oval, surrounded with thick fibrous capsules. In adult flukes, the holdfast organ occupied the ventral concavity, and the anterior testis did not reach the level of the ventral sucker. Based on these morphological characteristics, these flukes were identified as H. metorchis.