Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
- Volume 36 Issue 2
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- Pages.81-90
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- 1998
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- 2982-5164(pISSN)
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- 1738-0006(eISSN)
The first discovery of larval Gnathostoma hispidum (Nematoda: Gnathostomidae) from a snake host, Agkistrodon breuicaudn
한국산 살모사에서 최초로 발견한 돼지악구충의 제3기 유충
Abstract
The present study was performed to observe the infection status of several kind of animals with indigenous Gnnthostomn in Korea, and morphological characteristics of gnathostome larvae detected from pit-viper, Askistronon breuiccudus, for the species bullfrogs. several kinds of snakes, j.e., 55 Elnphe rufodorsata, 2 Dinodon rufozonatum rufzonatum. 62 Rhnbdophis tisrinus tigrinus and 87 Askistronon app., and 438 cats were examined. A total of 21 larval gnathostomes was detected from 12 pit-vipers, A. breuicnudus. They were 2.233 x 0.343 mm in average size and covered with about 210 transverse rows of minute cuticular spines. Their characteristic head bulbs were provided with 4 rows of hooklets of which average numbers in each row were 36.8, 39.0, 41.7 and 44.3. posteriorly. In the cross sections of midgut level, the intestinal wall consisted of a single layer of 19-25 elongate epithelial cells with a single nucleus. SEM observation of the larvae revealed unique features of head bulb , cuticular spines on transverse striations and a cervical papilla. On the basis of above morphological characteristics, they were identified as the advanced third-stage larvae of Gnothostomo hispinum. It was first confirmed that the pit-viper. ABkistronon breuicaunus is the snake intermediate host of G. hispidun.
국내 토착 악구충을 발견하기 위하여 1994년 3월부터 1997년 6월까지 미꾸리 3,450마리, 황소 개구리 24마리, 무자치 55마리, 능구렁이 2마리, 유혈목이 62마리, 살모사류 87마리 및 고양이 (stomach only) 438마리를 조사하였던 바, 12마리의 살모사에서 총 21마리의 악구충 유충이 검출되었다. 종 동정을 위하여 검출한 유충의 일부는 glycerin-jelly 봉입 표본 및 조직절편 횡단표본 으로 제작하여 광학현미경으로 관찰하였고, 일부는 주사전자현미경으로 관찰하였다. 유충은 평균
Keywords
- Ganathostoma hispidum;
- advanced third-stage larva;
- indigenous Gnathostoma larva;
- pit-viper;
- Agkistrodon brevicaudus;
- cross sectional morphology;
- SEM;
- tegumental ultrastructure