• 한국동물위생학회지
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.325-347
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• 1999

This study was conducted to investigate the epidemiological, clinicopathological, microbiological, pathological observations and other tests from sudden death in feedlot cattle at the region of Sarari in Korea during the period from 1994 to 1999. Massive or sporadic occurrence of sudden death has been observed in 101 heads of 47 farmhouse. There were 20.8% in spring, 29.7% in summer, 16.8% in autumn, 32.7% in winter, and 62.3% in reproductive, 27.7% in growing, 5.0% in beef cattle, 5.0% in calf in prevalence of sudden death in cattle. Enterotoxemia(88.0%), pneumonia(3.5%), intestinal diarrhea(3.5%), liver abscess(1.5%) and indigestion(1.5%) were detected from 67 heads of sudden death cattle. In clinical observations, cattle were generally died of sudden recumbency with convulsions followed anorexia, depression, ataxia, muscular tremor, tachycardia and dyspnea without any premonitory symptoms. Epidemiological surveys showed no evidence that other factors such as pesticide, insecticide, fertilizer, chemical drug3 and those of others caused sudden death. Macroscopically, there were coagulation disorders of blood, congestion, edema and haemorrhage of lung, congestion and haemorrhages, watery and blood-tinged contents of small intestine. Histopathologically, we observed pulmonary congestion and haemorrhage, necrotic intestinal mucosa accompanied with haemorrhage and congestion, and also increased globule leukocytes between bronchial epithelia with mild pneumonia. Clinicopathologically, only elevation of blood glucose and aspartate aminotransferase(AST) was detected. Magnesium and calcium deficiency were not detected, but parasites were detected highly in normal and dead cattles. Microbiologically, Clostridium(Cl) pefringens were detected from small intestinal contents of 94% (63/67) of sudden death cattle and 51%(51/101) of slaughter cattle, and the population were $10^{6-8}$/cfu/$m\ell$ after 16~32 hours. Consequently, it was proved that the cause of death in cattle was enterotoxemia. Pathogenic test of mouse and goat inoculated with Cl perfringens type A toxin has been demonstrated as similar observation to natural cases. In antimicrobial susceptibility test, ampicillin, bacitracin, polymycin, cephalothin, penicillin, choramphenicol, erythromycin, tetracycline were highly susceptible, and amikacin, gentamicin, kanamycin, neomycin, streptomycin, sulfamethoxine, sulfamethazine were resistant. Cl perfringens were resisted for 4 hours in 3% formalin, 20 minutes in 4% phenol, 20 minutes in 0.5% mercuric chloride and 40 minutes in 0.1% sodium hydroxide, respectively. The useful method to prevent from occurrance of enterotoxemia in feedlot cattle was a dietary administration of antibiotics and miyari acid.

• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제28권3호
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• pp.183-194
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• 1990

향어에 발생하는 장포자충증의 예방 및 치료 방법을 개발하기 위한 기초적 연구의 일환으 로 소양댐의 호림수산 가두리 양식장에서 1988년 5월에 부화시켜 사육하고 있는 향어를 1∼2개월 간격으로 1련 9개원간에 걸쳐 외부 소견과 부검 후 내장 및 근육 등의 변화 상태를 조사하고, 종류 (cyst)내의 포자를 동정한 다음 극사 탈출률을 조사하고, 종류의 육안적 및 조직학적 소견을 경시적으로 관찰하였다. 한핀 1988년부터 1990년까지 연도별 발생 상황도 조사하였다. 감염어는 체색과 아가미색이 엷어지며, 소위 등여쉽 증상이 나타나며, 항문은 발적, 미란, 이완상태이며, 복부가 괭만되었다. 항문으로부터 황백색 점액 또는 유백색 액체가 유출되며, 종류에 의하 여 장관이 폐쇄되므로 결국 제사하였다. 부검 소견으로서 장관 점막에 크고 작은 종류 형성, 복수 저류, 내장 및 근육의 빈혈상태, 장관의 화장과 충혈, 탄력소실, 비박 및 기괴용역, 장관내 반투명 액체-황백색 점액의 충만 등이 인정되었다. 종류 내에서 검출된 포자는 형태학적 특징, 기생 부위, 육안적 멎 병리학적 소견 등으로 미루어 보아 Thelohanellus kitnuei Egusa et Nakajima, 1981 라고 동정하였다. 그리고, 종류내 포자의 극사 탈출률은 수온의 변화가 심하였는데 도 불구하고 7월 에 일시적으로 다소 저하한 것을 제외하고는 계절에 따라 거의 변동하지 않았다. 7월 상순에 장점막 하에 형성된 병소는 심급성으로 진전하여 대형 종유가 형성되었는데 8월 상순 에 완전히 성숙한 다음 8월 하순부터 선단이 파열되기 시작하였다. 그러므로, 12월까지는 종류로부 터 다수의 포자가, 다음해 4월까지는 소수의 포자가 항문으로부터 유출되어 물속으로 나오게 되며, 다음 해 9f3까지는 완전치유되었다. 연도별 발대상류은 초년도인 1988연에는 폭발적으로 발생하여 대부분 폐 사하였는데 다음해인 1989연도에는 그 피해가 현저하게 감소하였으며 3년째인 1990연도에는 피해가 전혀 없었다. 이상의 조사 연구 결과로 미루어 보아 최초 질병 발생 후 3년에는 질병이 종식되는 것 같으며 거의 연중 물속으로 포자가 유출되므로 향어의 감염원 역할을 한다는 것이 명확하므로 장포자충 감염 의 예방에 유의해야 할 것으로 생각되었다.

• 농촌의학ㆍ지역보건
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• 제7권1호
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• pp.50-56
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• 1982

This study was undertaken to evaluate the present status of parasitic infection and swine pen human latrine system in Cheju Do, from July to September 1982. The 663 stool specimens (male 323 and female 340) and 579 scotch tape anal swabs collected from 161 households of 2 areas in Cheju Do were examined. The methods employed were formalin-ether technique for the prevalence rate of various helminthic and protozoan infection, and scotch tape anal swab technique for the prevalence rates of Enterobius vermicularis. In addition to these, questionaire was used to evaluate the present status of swine pen human latrine system and prevalence rates of taeniasis in these areas. The results are as follows ; 1) Prevalence rates of parasitic infections of any kind was 33.9%. It was 35.7% in Cheju City in contrast to 32.1% in North Cheju Gun. The infection rates of Trichuris trichiura was 10.0% and it was the highest prevalence rate in this survey. The prevalence rates of the other parasites were as follows ; Ascaris lumbricoides 2,3%, Hookworm 0.2%, Clonorchis sinensis 0.5%, Hymenolepis nana 1.5%, Entamoeba coli 3.2%, and Giardia lamblia 0.5%. 2) The infection rates of Enterobius vermicularis in 579 peoples (male 285, female 294) by applying scotch tape anal swab technique was 13.1% through the survey. It was 16.9 in Cheju City and 8.5% in North Cheju Gun. 3) The Infection rate of Taenia species by applying the stool examination and making up a question was 19.2%(21.4% in Cheju City and 16.7% in North Cheju Gun). 4) Sexual distribution of the parasitic infections showed slightly higher rate in female than that of male. 5) The positive rates of parasitic infection by the stool examination and questionaire positive cases of taeniasis were higher in 0-9 and over 60 year old than any other age group. 7) The swine pen human latrine systems were used in 46 households (28.6%). 7) Relationship between swine pen human latrine system and taeniasis was not noted.

• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제36권3호
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• pp.155-162
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• 1998

우리 나라 일부 해안 지역의 장내 기생충 감염현황을 파악하기 위해 전북 부안군 주민 153명 및 경남 사천군 주민 138명의 대변을 수집하여 셀로판 후층 도말법 및 포르말린-에테르 침전법을 실 시하였다. 전북 부안군의 기생충 감염률은 21.5% (33/153명)이었으며, 감염 기생충별 양성률은 이형흡충류 17.6%, 간흡충 2.6%, 회충 0.7%, 람블편모충 2.6%, 대장아메바 0.7% 및 작은와 포자충 0.75이었다. 경남 사천군의 기생충 감염률은 39.1% (54/138명)로서 이형흡충류 18.8%, 간흡충 12.3%, 편충 2.2%, 람블편모충 2.2%, 대장아메바 5.0%, 이질아메바 0.7%, 왜소아메바 3.6% 및 작은와포자충 4.3%의 양성률을 보였다. 부안군에서 이형흡충란 양성자 22 명으로부터 회수한 충체는 유해이형흡충이 총 3,284마리 (평균 149.3마리)였으며 표주박이형흡 충, 수세미이형홉충, 요코가와흡충, 미야타흡충, 자루이형흡충, 참굴큰입흡충, 긴이형흡충 및 Aconthopowphium kurogamo등이 중복 감염되어 있었다. 사천군에서 이형흡충란 양성자 중 6명으로부터 회수한 충체는 요코가와흡충이 총 3,007마리 (평균 501.2마리)였으며 유해이형흡충, 수 세미이형흡충, 긴이형흡충, 갈매기이형흡충 등의 이형흡충류가 중복감염되어 있었다. 이상의 결과로 우리 나라 남해 및 서해안 지역 주민들에서 담수어 또는 반염수어의 생식 습관으로 장내 흡충, 특히 이형흡충류의 유행이 지속되고 있음을 확인하였다.

• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제47권3호
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• pp.243-247
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• 2009

The prevalence of liver and intestinal helminth infections, including Opisthorchis, Haplorchis, Phaneropsolus, hookworms, Enterobius, and Taenia, was surveyed in Khammouane province, Lao PDR. Fecal specimens were collected from 1,242 people (590 men and 652 women) in 3 Mekong riverside villages and were examined by the Kate-Katz thick smear technique. The overall helminth egg positive rate was 81.1%. The positive rate for small trematode eggs, including Opisthorchis viverrini, heterophyids, and lecithodendriids, was 81.1% and the positive rate for hookworms was 6.7%. To obtain adult worms, 35 people who were positive for small trematode eggs were treated with 20-30 mg/kg praziquantel and 10-15 mg/kg pyrantel pamoate, and then purged. Diarrheic stools were collected from 33 of these people and searched for helminth parasites using a stereomicroscope. Mixed infections with various helminths (Haplorchis taichui, Haplorchis yokogawai, Prosthodendrium molenkampi, Phaneropsolus bonnei, echinostomes, hookworms, Trichostrongylus spp., Trichuris trichiura, Enterobius vermicularis, and/or Taenia saginata) were found. The total number of helminth specimens collected was 20,907 (approximately 634 per person). The most common species was H. taichui, followed by P. molenkampi, 0. viverrini, P. bonnei, E. vermicularis, hookworms, and Trichostrongylus spp. These results show that diverse species of intestinal nematodes, trematodes, and cestodes are infecting humans in Khammouane province, Lao PDR.

• 한국임상수의학회지
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• 제33권3호
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• pp.151-154
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• 2016

The trematodes of Genus Nasitrema are the most common infection in the heads of small odontocetes. Five species of Nasitrema have been described in Asia. But those parasites has been not surveyed in the East Sea of Korean peninsula. There are no evidence of pathology associated with Nasitrema attenuate. To determine the infection ratio of N. attenuata in the dolphin, it was surveyed 9 long-beaked common dolphin, Delphinus capensis, caught incidentally from Samcheok to Pohang, East Sea, Korea. Five males and four females, estimated to be between 1 to 10 years old, were examined. The quantity of N. attenuata harvested by aspiration from pterygoid sinuses ranged from 10 to 100 with a 100% (9/9) infection with older dolphins exhibiting higher parasite counts. The body of trematoda was elongated with tegumental patches resembling the leaves of lilies and oral sucker located ventrally at the anterior terminal. Esophagus was absent and intestinal bifurcation arose immediately from the posterior of pharynx. The undulated intestinal caeca transversed the entire body and terminated at the posterior extremity of the worm. The genital pore opened anterior to the ventral sucker. This report confirms the prevalence and morphology of N. attenuata in the dolphins from the East Sea, Korea.

• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제35권4호
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• pp.233-238
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• 1997

전라남도 무안군의 한 해안 마을이 각종 장흡충류. 특히 유해이형흡충 (Heterophwes nocens) 및 표주박이형흡충 (Pygidiopsis summa)을 비롯한 이형흡충류의 새로운 유행지임을 확인하였다. 마을 주민 108명의 대변을 수집하여 셀로판후층 도말법 및 포르말린-에테르 집란법을 실시하여 검사한 결과 이형흡충류의 충란이 81명 (75.0%)에서 양성이었고. 다른 기생충들은 낮은 양성률을 보였다. 충체 퐁정을 위해 프라지관텔과 하제를 투여한 후 설사변으로부터 성충을 회수한 결과 하제 투여에 협력한 20떵 전원에서 유해이형흡충 총 3,86깊마리 (개인별로 3-1.338마리). 18명에서 표주박이형흡충 총 703마리 (1-170마리) 고리고 몇 가지 다른 장흡충류를 검출할 수 있었다. 다른 장흡충류로는 자루이 형흡충 (Stictodorojuscnta) 164마리를 4명에서 긴이 형흡충 (Heteropopsismntinua) 2마리를 2명에서. 참굴큰입흡충 (Gmophdoitsseoi) 깆마리를 3명 에서 각각 치수하였다 이상의 결과로 대상 지역인 전남 무안군의 해안 마을이 유해이형흡충 및 표쿠박이형흡충의 새고운 유행지임을 확인하였다 또한. 다른 장흡충류 감염자도 몇 명씩 발견할 수 있었던 점으로 보아 이 지역은 자루이형흡충. 긴이형흡충 및 참굴큰입흡충의 낮은 유행지임도 함께 시사하고 있다.

• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제54권1호
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• pp.47-53
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• 2016

Echinostomes are intestinal trematodes that infect a wide range of vertebrate hosts, including humans, in their adult stage and also parasitize numerous invertebrate and cold-blooded vertebrate hosts in their larval stages. The purpose of this study was to compare Echinostoma malayanum parasite growth, including worm recovery, body size of adult worms, eggs per worm, eggs per gram of feces, and pathological changes in the small intestine of experimental animals. In this study, 6-8-week-old male hamsters, rats, mice, and gerbils were infected with echinostome metacercariae and then sacrificed at day 60 post-infection. The small intestine and feces of each infected animal were collected and then processed for analysis. The results showed that worm recovery, eggs per worm, and eggs per gram of feces from all infected hamsters were higher compared with infected rats and mice. However, in infected gerbils, no parasites were observed in the small intestine, and there were no parasite eggs in the feces. The volume of eggs per gram of feces and eggs per worm were related to parasite size. The results of histopathological changes in the small intestine of infected groups showed abnormal villi and goblet cells, as evidenced by short villi and an increase in the number and size of goblet cells compared with the normal control group.

• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제54권2호
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• pp.205-213
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• 2016

The majority of parasitological studies of terrestrial snakes in Korea have focused on zoonotic parasites. However, in the present study, we describe 3 unrecorded nematode species recovered from 5 species of snakes (n=6) in Korea. The examined snakes, all confiscated from illegal hunters, were donated by the Chungnam Wild Animal Rescue Center and Korean Broadcasting System in July 2014 and February 2015. Light and scanning electron microscopies on the shapes of spicules that are either bent or straight (kalicephalids) and the presence of the intestinal cecum (ophidascarids) figured out 3 nematodes; Kalicephalus brachycephalus Maplestone, 1931, Kalicephalus sinensis $Hs{\ddot{u}}$, 1934, and Ophidascaris excavata $Hs{\ddot{u}}$ and Hoeppli, 1934. These 3 species of nematode faunas are recorded for the first time in Korea.

• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제55권4호
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• pp.451-455
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• 2017

Echinostoma cinetorchis is an oriental intestinal fluke causing significant pathological damage to the small intestine. The aim of this study was to determine a full-length cDNA sequence of E. cinetorchis endoribonuclease (RNase H; EcRNH) and to elucidate its molecular biological characters. EcRNH consisted of 308 amino acids and showed low similarity to endoribonucleases of other parasites (<40%). EcRNH had an active site centered on a putative DDEED motif instead of DEDD conserved in other species. A recombinant EcRNH produced as a soluble form in Escherichia coli showed enzymatic activity to cleave the 3'-O-P bond of RNA in a DNA-RNA duplex, producing 3'-hydroxyl and 5'-phosphate. These findings may contribute to develop antisense oligonucleotides which could damage echinostomes and other flukes.