A Case of Coenurosis in a Wild Rabbit (Lepus sinensis) Caused by Taenia serialis Metacestode in Qinghai Tibetan Plateau Area, China
10.3347/kjp.2018.56.2.195
- Author:
Xue Yong ZHANG
1
;
Ying Na JIAN
;
Li Qing MA
;
Xiu Ping LI
;
Panagiotis KARANIS
Author Information
1. State Key Laboratory of Plateau Ecology and Agriculture, Center for Biomedicine and Infectious Diseases, Qinghai University, Qinghai Academy of Animal Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, Qinghai University, Xining 810016, P. R. China. panagiotis.karanis@uk-koeln.de
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Taenia serialis;
coenurus;
rabbit;
cox1;
China
- MeSH:
Abdominal Muscles;
Arm;
China;
Hares;
Taenia
- From:The Korean Journal of Parasitology
2018;56(2):195-198
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Six cystic metacestodes were found in the abdominal muscles of a wild rabbit, Lepus sinensis, in China. The coenurus contained one or more scolices armed with hooklets. Mitochondrial cox1 (1,623 bp) confirmed 98% homology with cox1 of Taenia serialis. This is the first report of T. serialis infection in an intermediate host in the Qinghai Tibetan Plateau Area, China.
