• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제57권1호
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• pp.17-20
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• 2019

A stray female cat of unknown age, presenting bright red watery diarrhea, was submitted to the Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency for diagnosis. In the small intestines extracted from the necropsied cat, numerous white oval-shaped organisms were firmly embedded in the mucosa and there was thickening of intestinal wall. Histopathological analysis revealed severe necrotizing enteritis, together with atrophied intestinal villi, exfoliated enterocytes, and parasitic worms. Recovered worms were identified as Pharyngostomum cordatum by morphological observation and genetic analysis. Although P. cordatum is known to occur widely in Korea, this is the first clinical description of an infection by P. cordatum causing severe feline enteritis.

• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제28권3호
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• pp.175-182
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• 1990

경남 진주시의 뱀집에서 구입한 유혈목이(Rhabdophis tigrina)에서 Pharyngostomum cordatum의 피낭유충을 검출하였으며, 수집된 피낭유충을 마우스, 횐쥐, 햄스터, 오리, 개 및 고양이에 경구 감염시켰던 바, 고양이에서만 감염 후 5주에 성충이 회수되었다. 피낭유충은 전단이 후단에 비해 조금 풍족하였으며 복측으로 만곡되어 있었고 체내에는 원형 또는 타원형의 배설과립이 충만되어 있었다. 체장은 0.60∼0.85(평균 0.71)mm, 체폭은 0.42∼0.60(평균 0.49)mm이었으며 각 기관의 계측치 및 형태학적 특징이 P. cnrdatum과 일치하였다 고양이로부터 회수한 성충은 충체가 매우 육질성이 었으며 앞, 뒤 두 부분으로 나뉘어져 있었고 체잘은 1.41∼2.19mm(평균 1.74mm)이었다. 각 기관의 계측치 및 형태학적 특징이 기 보고된 Ciurea(1922), Cho and Lee (1951) 등의 결과와 일치하여 P. cerdatum(Diesing, 1850) Ciurea, 1922으로 동정하였다. 이상의 결과로 우리 나라에서 유혈목이가 P. cordatum의 제 2중간숙주(또는 paratenic host)로 작용하고 있음을 확인하였다.

• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제43권3호
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• pp.93-100
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• 2005

The present study was performed to investigate the infection status with helminth in a group of feral cats in Korea. More than 29 helminth species including adults or eggs were detected in visceral and fecal samples of the examined cats. Among these were a host of nematodes, including toxocarids, Ancylostoma sp. and the larva of Anisakis simplex; trematodes, including Clonorchis sinensis, Paragonimus westermani, Eurytrema pancreaticum, Pharyngostomum cordatum, Metagonimus spp., Heterophyes nocens, Pygidiopsis summa, Heterophyopsis continua, Stictodora fuscata, Stictodora lari, Acanthotrema felis, Stellantchasmus falcatus, Centrocestus armatus, Procerovum varium, Cryptocotyle sp., Echinostoma revolutum, Echinostoma hortense, Echinochasmus japonicus, Stephanoprora sp., Plagiorchis muris, Neodiplostomum sp. and diplostomulum. We also detected a variety of cestodes, including Spirometra erinacei, Taenia taeniaeformis and unidentified species of tapeworm. We also found examples of the acanthocephalan, Bolbosoma sp. In our assessment of the stools, we detected at least 12 species of helminth eggs. These findings confirmed that feral cats in Korea are infected with a variety of helminth parasite species. Furthermore, among the helminths detected, E. pancreaticum, S. fuscata, S. lari, A. felis, S. falcatus, C. armatus, P. varium, Cryptocotyle sp., E. revolutum, E. japonicus, Stephanoprora sp., P. muris, Neodiplostomum sp. and Bolbosoma sp. represent helminth fauna which have not been reported previously in feral cats in the Republic of Korea.