Warning: mkdir(): Permission denied in /home/virtual/lib/view_data.php on line 81

Warning: fopen(upload/ip_log/ip_log_2024-04.txt): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/virtual/lib/view_data.php on line 83

Warning: fwrite() expects parameter 1 to be resource, boolean given in /home/virtual/lib/view_data.php on line 84
Recovery rate, growth and development of Heterophyopsis continua in experimental chicks
| Home | E-Submission | Sitemap | Contact us |  
top_img
Korean J Parasito Search

CLOSE

Korean J Parasito > Volume 28(1):1990 > Article

Original Article
Korean J Parasitol. 1990 Mar;28(1):53-62. English.
Published online Mar 20, 1994.  http://dx.doi.org/10.3347/kjp.1990.28.1.53
Copyright © 1990 by The Korean Society for Parasitology
Recovery rate, growth and development of Heterophyopsis continua in experimental chicks
S J Hong,S H Lee,*J Y Chai,* and B S Seo*
Department of Parasitology, College of Medicine, Gyeongsang National University, Chinju 660-280, Korea.
Abstract

The growth and developmental pattern of H. continua was observed after experimental infection of their metacercariae to chicks. The recovery rate of worms from the chicks at 1 to 28 days post-infection (PI) was 12.8% in average. The rate remained fairly high for early 4 days of infection but decreased thereafter rapidly till 28 days PI. Most of the flukes, 91.9%, were recovered from the ileum of the chicks. In metacercariae, genital organs such as the ovary, testes, seminal vesicle, seminal receptacle and genital sucker were recognizable. At one day PI Mehlis' gland appeared, and at 2 days follicular vitellaria were observed. At 3 days PI, eggs were formed in the uterine tubule and increased in number as the worm grew old. The worms reached 2,990 µm in length and 525 µm in width at 28 days PI. Genital organs developed rapidly in early stages of infection but slowly thereafter to 28 days PI, whereas non-genital organs developed steadily through the infection period. It was proved by this experiment that chicks should be a moderately suitable final host of H. continua.

Figures


Fig. 1
(A) Excysted metacercaria of H. continua. Developmental stages recovered from experimental chicks at 1 day (B), 2 days (C), 3 days (D), 4 days (E), 6 days (F), 8 days (G), 14 days (H) and 28 days (I) post-infection (PI). Figures A~I were enlarged at the same scale.


Fig. 2
The organogenesis of H. continua. (A) 'C'-shaped seminal vesicle (arrow heads), posterior to the genital sucker (GS), metacercaria. (B) Retort-form seminal receptacle (arrow heads), posterior to the ovary (OV), metacercaria. (C) Mehlis' gland (MG) appeared in front of ovary 1 day PI. (D) 2 days PI seminal vesicle (arrow heads) sacculated into right and left lobes at the middle part (arrow) and follicular vitellaria behind the seminal vesicle to the posterior end of the body. (E) uterine tubule (star) around the ovary and seminal receptale containing sperms at 2 days PI. (F) intra-uterine eggs at 3 days PI.


Fig. 3
Rodlets on the gonotyl of the genital sucker (GS), a 28-day-old worm.


Fig. 4
Growth curves of the genital (A) and nongenital (B) organs of H. continua recovered from the experimental chicks.

Tables


Table 1
Recovery of H. continua from the chicks experimentally infected with the metacercariae


Table 2
Measurements of H. continua recovered from the experimentally infected chicks

References
1. Africa CM, et al. Acta Medica Philippina(Monographic Series) 1940;1:1–22.
2. Cho SY, Kim SI. Plecoglossus altivelis as a new fish intermediate host of Heterophyopsis continua. Korean J Parasitol 1985;23(1):173–174.
 
3. Chun SK. Bull Pusan Fish Coll 1960;3(1&2):40–42.
4. Eom KS, Son SY, Lee JS, Rim HJ. Heterophyid trematodes (Heterophyopsis continua, Pygidiopsis summa and Heterophyes heterophyes nocens) from domestic cats in Korea. Korean J Parasitol 1985;23(2):197–202.
 
5. Seo BS, Hong NT. Study On Metagonimus Yokogawai(Katsurada, 1912) In Korea: I. On The Metacercaria, Its Distribution In The Second Intermediate Host And The Development In The Final Host. Korean J Parasitol 1969;7(3):129–142.
 
6. Hong SJ, Lee SH, Seo BS, Hong ST, Chai JY. Studies On Intestinal Trematodes In Korea: IX. Recovery Rate And Development Of Fibricola Seoulensis In Experimental Animals. Korean J Parasitol 1983;21(2):224–233.
 
7. Hong SJ, Woo HC, Chai JY, Chung SW, Lee SH, Seo BS. Study on Centrocestus armatus in Korea. II. Recovery rate, growth and development of worms in albino rats. Korean J Parasitol 1989;27(1):47–56.
 
8. Kanemitsu T, et al. Jpn J Parasitol 1953;4:296–304.
9. Kang SY, Cho SY, Chai JY, Lee JB, Jang DH. A Study On Intestinal Lesions Of Experimentally Reinfected Dogs With Metagonimus Yokogawai. Korean J Parasitol 1983;21(1):58–73.
 
10. Lee SH, Lee JK, Sohn WM, Hong ST, Hong SJ, Chai JY. Metacercariae of Echinostoma cinetorchis encysted in the fresh water snail, Hippeutis(Helicorbis) cantori, and their development in rats and mice. Korean J Parasitol 1988;26(3):189–197.
 
11. Mansour NS, Youssef M, Awadalla HN, Hammouda NH, Boulos LM. Susceptibility of small laboratory animals to Pygidiopsis genata (Trematoda : Heterophydae). J Egypt Soc Parasitol 1981;11(1):225–234.
 
12. Onji Y, et al. Igaku Chuo Zasshi 1916;14(8):439–442.
13. Onji Y, et al. Chiba Igakkai Zasshi 1924;2(3):113–161.
14. Saito S. Jpn J Parasitol 1984;33(3):191–201.
15. Seo BS, Chun KS, Chai JY, Hong SJ, Lee SH. Studies on intestinal trematodes in Korea: XVII. Development of egg lying capacity of Echinostoma hortense in albino rats and human experimental infection. Korean J Parasitol 1985;23(1):24–32.
 
16. Seo BS, Lee SH, Chai JY, Hong SJ. Studies on intestinal trematodes in Korea XIII. Two cases of natural human infection by Heterophyopsis continua and the status of metacercarial infection in brackish water fishes. Korean J Parasitol 1984;22(1):51–60.
 
17. Yamaguti S. Jpn J Zool 1939;8(2):162–165.
18. Yamaguti S. Jpn J Med Sci (VI) 1939;1(3):131–151.
19. Yamaguti S. Systema Helminthum 1958;1:699–701.
Editorial Office
Department of Molecular Parasitology, Samsung Medical Center, School of Medicine, Sungkyunkwan University,
2066 Seobu-ro, Jangan-gu, Suwon 16419, Gyeonggi-do, Korea.
Tel: +82-31-299-6251   FAX: +82-1-299-6269   E-mail: kjp.editor@gmail.com
About |  Browse Articles |  Current Issue |  For Authors and Reviewers
Copyright © 2024 by The Korean Society for Parasitology and Tropical Medicine.     Developed in M2PI