Family: TROGLOTHREMATIDA Flashcards
1
Q
Known as salmon fluke
A
Troglotrematidae
2
Q
General characts
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Fleshy flukes with spiny cuticle
Parasites of carnivores,mammals and birds
3
Q
Genera species
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Collyriclum fata
Troglotrema salmincola
Troglotrma acutum
4
Q
Collyriclum faba SITE:
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Subcutaneous tissue near cloaca
5
Q
I.H
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1st snail
2nd dragon naiads
6
Q
Troglotrema salmincola is reservoir and intermediate host of
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Neorickettsia helminthoeca
7
Q
Pathogenesis:
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T. Salmincola
Flukes lodge intestinal mucosa causes enteritis
Bloody diarrhea and vomiting
T.acutum
Parasites cause decalcification and atropy of sinus
8
Q
No satisfactory medical treatment for T.salmincola
Maybe palliative
A
Apomorphine