SUPERFAMILY: Paramphistomoidea/ Amphistomes Flashcards
Characteristics of Paramphistomoidea
- Also known as paramphistomes, conical flukes or stomach flukes
- Pear-shaped, red or pink in color
- Suckers are situated at each extremity
- pharynx are absent
- With simple ceca
with ventral pouch, body not divided in 2 parts
Family GASTROTHYLACIDAE
Genera of Family Gastrothylacidae
- Fischoederius
- Carmyerius
- Gastrothylax
- Velasquezotroma
Fischoederius that located in the rumen of cattle and Carabao
F. elongatus
F. Cobboldi
Site: rumen under genus Carmyerius
C. synethes
C. gregarius
Site: rumen under genus gastrothylax
G. crumenifer
Site: rumen of buffaloes under genus Velasquezotroma
Velasquezotroma brevisacus
Without ventral pouch body not divided into 2 parts
Family: PARAMPHISTOMIDAE
Genera of Paramphistomidae
Paramphistomum
Calicophoron
Gigantocotyle
Cotylophoron
Ceylonocotyle/ Orthocoelium
Paramphistomum
P. cervi - rumen and reticulum
Calicophoron spp.
C. calicophorum -rumen
C. crassium - rumen
Gigantocotyle spp.
G. batycotyle - liver of cattle and carabao
G. explanatum - bile duct, gall bladder, and duodenum of cattle and buffalo
Cotylophoron spp.
C. cotylophorum - rumen and reticulum
Ceylonocotyle/ Orthocoelium
C. Orthocoelium
C. dicranocoelium
C. scoliocoelium
C. gigantopharynx
C. serpenticaecum
Without ventral pouch, body divided into 2 parts
Family: GASTRODISCIDAE
Genera of Family GASTRODICIDAE
Gastrodiscus
Homologaster
Small and large intestine of horse and pig
G. aegyptiacus
Homologaster that is found in rumen and cecum of cattle and buffaloes
H. paloniae
Host of Family GASTRODICIDAE
Ruminants, pigs, horses
I. H. Of Family GASTRODISCIDAE
Planorbis sp.
Bulinus sp.
Galba sp
Gyraulus convexiusculus or Lymnaea sp.
Treatment of Family Gastrodiscidae
Albendazole
Blood flukes
Family: SCHISTOSOMATIDAE
Characteristics of SCHISTOSOMATIDAE
- Cylindrical
- unisexual
- inhabit the blood vessels of the host
- the female is slender and longer than the male which is much broader
- female is carried by male during copulation by means of a ventral groove known as “gynaecophoric canal”
- Eggs are non-operculated
- Cercariae are furcocercous(branched tail end)
- Cercariae do not encyst
FH of Schistosoma japonicum
Man and domestic Animals
I. H. Of Schistosoma japonicum
Oncomelania hupensis quadrasii (Phil)
O. nosophora (Japan)
O. hupensis (China)
O. formosanum (Formosa)
Site of Schistosoma japonicum
Portal and mesenteric vessels
Schistosoma japonicum concomitant immunity possible with major escape mechanisms as:
Antigenic mimicry
Immunosuppression
Isotypic Selection
Mode of transmission for Schistosomiasis:
Skin penetration
Ingestion of contaminated water
Prenatal infection( isolated reports)
Treatment of Schistosomosis
Praziquantel(Biltricide) - drug of choice
Prevention of Schistosomosis
- Avoid contact with contaminated water
- Proper disposal of human excret
- Destruction of snail intermediate host (some Echinostoma sp are predative to Schistosoma sp)
- Information dissemination
Other species affecting mesenteric veins of man in Africa, South America, and the Middle East.
Schistosoma mansoni
Eggs laid in the walls of the bladder and urethra
Schistosoma hematobium