Heterophyid trematodes (Heterophyopsis continua, Pygidiopsis summa and Heterophyes heterophyes nocens) from domestic cats in Korea

, Eom, Kee Seon; , Son, So Yeob; , Lee, Joon Sang; , Rim, Han Jong

doi:1985.23.2.197

Korean J Parasito > Volume 23(2):1985 > Article

Original Article


Korean J Parasitol. 1985 Dec;23(2):197-202. English. Published online Mar 20, 1994. http://dx.doi.org/10.3347/kjp.1985.23.2.197
Copyright © 1985 by The Korean Society for Parasitology


Heterophyid trematodes (Heterophyopsis continua, Pygidiopsis summa and Heterophyes heterophyes nocens) from domestic cats in Korea
Kee Seon Eom,So Yeob Son,Joon Sang Lee and Han Jong Rim
Department of Parasitology and Institute for Tropical Endemic Diseases, College of Medicine, Korea University, Seoul 110, Korea.


Abstract
During 8 april 1983 to 9 April 1985, a total of 181 domestic cats (Felis catus domestica Linnaeus) of unknown localities in Korea were purchased at Seoul Chung-ang market, and the internal organs were dissected for helminth infections. In the results, three kinds of trematodes of family Heterophyidae (Ohdner, 1914) were obtained from small intesine of domestic cats and identified as follows: five adult worms of Heterophyopsis continua (Onji et Nishio, 1916) from three hosts, two hundreds and twenty three adult worms of Pygidiopsis summa Onji et Nishio, 1916 from seven hosts and twenty six adult worms of Heterophyes heterophyes nocens (Onji et Nishio, 1916) from three hosts. Among them, Heterophyopsis continua and Pygidiopsis summa had not been proved as natural infectios of cats in Korea.

Figures


	Fig. 1 Heterophyopsis continua Onji et Nishio, 1916 (ventral view).


	Fig. 2 Pygidiopsis summa Onji et Nishio, 1916 (ventral view).


	Fig. 3 Heterophyes heterophyes nocens Onji et Nishio, 1916 (ventral view).

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