Cryptocotyle lata (Trematoda: Heterophyidae) Adult from a Korean Raccoon Dog,Nyctereutes procyonoides koreensis |
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| Authors: | Heon Woo Lee Eui Ju Hong Hyeon Cheol Kim Si Yun Ryu Bae Keun Park |
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| Affiliation: | 1.College of Veterinary Medicine and Institute of Veterinary Science, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon 24341, Korea; 2.College of Veterinary Medicine, Chungnam National University, Daejeon 34134, Korea |
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Total 513 heterophyid flukes were collected from a carcass of wild Korean raccoon dog, Nyctereutes procyonoides koreensis, in Korea. With morphological and molecular characteristics, the flukes were identified to Cryptocotyle lata. The adult C. lata were minute, transparent, pentagonal, 522 μm long by 425 μm wide. Ceca extended into post-testicular region. Ventrogenital sac elliptical, 79 μm by 87 μm with genital pore and ventral sucker. Two testes semielliptical and slightly lobed, located in the posterior region, right testis 173 μm by 155 μm, left testis 130 μm by 134 μm. In a phylogenetic tree, the fluke specimen of this study was grouped with C. lata divergent from Cryptocotyle lingua. We report here N. procyonoides koreensis first as a natural definitive host of C. lata. |
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| Keywords: | Cryptocotyle lata Nyctereutes procyonoides koreensis Korean raccoon dog natural definitive host Korea |
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